Trevor
Trevor can be a male given name or a surname. Trev is a shortened form of the male first name Trevor.
Etymology
Trevor is a surname of Welsh descent: habitational name from any of the numerous places in Wales, in particular the one near Denbigh, from the Welsh tre(f), meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and a form of mawr, meaning "large".
Trevor is also a name of Irish descent. It is a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Treabhair, (descendant of Treabhar), a byname meaning "industrious", "tight", or "prudent".
Notable people with the surname Trevor include:
Notable people with the name Trevor include:
Baron Trevor is a British peerage title.
Modern usage
Trevor can be used as a generic noun to refer to: 1) a quantity of aid that seems almost limitless and 2) an ability to perceive and act upon someone else's undisclosed need and unacknowledged desire.
Example of everyday usuage: "With tenure and a trevor, any public humanities project is possible." "Any public humanities project can be both imagined and enacted, providing one has tenure and a trevor."
References
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4