TREGASKIS
Tregaskis is a surname of Cornish provenance, deriving from the Cornish words trev meaning "homestead" or "settlement" and askes meaning "ash tree". Consequently the name can be interpreted as "from the homestead by the ash tree".
In medieval Cornish records the surname appears in several spellings, notably Tregaskes, Tregaskis and Tregaskiss. The name is chiefly associated with Mid Cornwall and has been linked to the now lost homestead of Tre-goskes, an early form of the place name that denotes a home in a sheltered valley or depression. There is also a possibility that the surname may represent a variant of Trevaskis, a hamlet within the parish of Gwinear, or of Trevascus in the parish of Goran; both of which were originally spelt Trevalscoys, signifying "the place of Maelscuet", a Celtic personal name of uncertain meaning.
The surname’s development is evident in spelling variations recorded over nearly a century and a half, including Tregiskie in 1590, Tregaskeys in 1609, and Tregascus in 1644. Church registers from as far back as 1566 contain important data: a John Tregaskes is listed as a witness at the christening of his son Clemence at St. Clement’s, Cornwall, on 28 July 1566, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, affectionately known as Good Queen Bess (1558–1603). Other surviving records include the marriage of John Tregaskis and Margery Hendra at Kenwyn on 5 December 1665 and the christening of George Tregaskiss at St. Clement on 9 July 1732.
These historical documents establish that the Tregaskis name has long been entrenched within the Cornish community, reflecting both topographical features of the landscape and the linguistic heritage of the region. The endurance of the surname across centuries underscores its significance as part of Cornwall’s medieval onomastic tradition.
Typical given names associated with the Tregaskis surname
Male
- David
- Ian
- James
- John
- Julian
- Ken
- Kenwyn
- Matthew
- Michael
- Paul
- Robert
- Stephen
Female
- Claire
- Eleanor
- Elsie
- Janet
- Jean
- Julia
- Katherine
- Nicola
- Shiona
- Tanya
Similar and related surnames
Related and similar names are generated algorithmically based on the spelling, and may not necessarily share an etymology.
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There are approximately 156 people named Tregaskis in the UK. That makes it one of Britain's least common surnames. Only around two in a million people in Britain are named Tregaskis.
