Traves Family Crest & Name History

Behind the Traves surname stands Travis, an English name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Toll collector at a crossing”.

A variant of Travis

Spelled with “e” instead of “i”, Traves shows how the same name was heard and written differently. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Traviss.

In the Spanish register, Traves appears 145 times as a first surname and 151 times as a second one.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Traves family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Get the complete Traves report, with a museum-style coat of arms.