Tregenna Explained

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

• Cornish surnames
• Tregenza (surname)
• Thomas Tregenna Biddulph (1763–1838), English cleric

Notes and References

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