Tregenna

Tregenna is a surname of Cornish origin. Recorded variations include Treganna, Tregona, Tregannah, Tregunna, 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, a Welsh playwright, television scriptwriter and actress
  • 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

References

  1. "Last Name: Tregenna". The Internet Surname Database. Name Origin Research. Retrieved December 4, 2011.
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