Tregenna is a surname of Cornish origin. Recorded variations include Treganna, Tregona, Tregannah, Tregunna, Tregunno, Tregensoe, Tregensowe, Tregenza, and Tregenzo. The name is believed to have originated in the phrase tre-cenue (also tre-gonyow or tre-kensa), meaning the first or foremost farm or homestead on the downs. Examples from the church registers of Cornwall date to at least as early as 1547.[1]
The name Tregenna may refer specifically to:
- Tregenna Castle, an 18th-century castle in St Ives, Cornwall
- Catherine Tregenna, Welsh playwright, television screenwriter and actress
- Fiona Tregenna, South African economist
- SS Tregenna, a Hain Line steamship launched in 1919 and sunk in 1940
- SS Tregenna (1880), a Hain Line steamship launched in 1880
- "Tregenna Afternoons", a song by English musician Anthony Phillips, released in 1978 on the album Private Parts & Pieces
See also
edit- Cornish surnames
- Tregenza (surname)
- Thomas Tregenna Biddulph (1763–1838), English cleric
References
edit- ^ "Last Name: Tregenna". The Internet Surname Database. Name Origin Research. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
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