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Trini
How to Pronounce Trini
Pronounced TREE-nee /ˈtriːni/Medium
Meaning: Trini is a short form of Trinidad or Trinity, names honoring the Christian Holy Trinity, from the Latin 'trinitas', threefoldness. It carries a Spanish and Latina flavor through Trinidad and was used affectionately as a given name in its own right in twentieth-century America.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Trini is the pet form of Trinidad and Trinity, both from Latin trinitas, 'threefold', for the Holy Trinity. Popular in Spanish-speaking families, it also stood alone as a given name in the United States through the twentieth century.
Trini was always a modest name, cresting around 1967 with only a few dozen girls a year, its visibility helped along by the singer Trini Lopez, and it lingered thinly into the twenty-tens.
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What does the name Trini mean?
Trini is a short form of Trinidad or Trinity, from the Latin 'trinitas', meaning threefold or trinity.
How do you pronounce Trini?
It's said TREE-nee /ˈtriːni/, two syllables.
Is Trini a boy or girl name?
Trini is a girl's name.
Is Trini a popular name?
No, Trini was always uncommon as a full given name, peaking modestly in the late nineteen-sixties.