Updated May 24, 2023 Share: Boy name origins & meanings French : Crossing Boy name variations Tavers Traver Travers Traves Travess Travey Travus Travuss Travys Trever Trevor How Popular Is The Name Travis Family name origins & meanings English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire) : occupational name for a gatherer of tolls exacted for the right of passage across a bridge, ford, or other thoroughfare, from Middle English travis ‘crossing’, variant of travers (see Travers).German : Americanized variant of Drewes. Famous people with this first name Travis Barker Travis Tritt Famous people who gave their babies this name Kevin Bacon Kyra Sedgwick