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        <title><![CDATA[I like questions like this. The name &quot;Tristram&quot; is the English...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I like questions like this. The name &quot;Tristram&quot; is the English form of the Welsh name &quot;Drystan.&quot; Other forms of the name are Tristan and Tristam. The origin of the name is French &quot;triste,&quot; from the Latin &quot;tristis,&quot; which translate as &quot;sad&quot; in English. Famous Tristrams include:the medieval knight who was sent to Ireland by King Mark of Cornwall to bring back the princess Isolde (sometimes...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[There was no consensus in the sources that I checked, but  Tristram (or...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There was no consensus in the sources that I checked, but  Tristram (or Tristan) appears to be from Old French, altered (influenced by the Latin word tristis, meaning “sad” [triste in French]) from the Celtic male name Drystan, which was derived from drest, meaning “tumult or din.”]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the etymology of the name &quot;Tristram&quot;?]]></title>
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