Anonymous wrote:Triste means sad in Spanish and French. Tristan is a sad name. There is a famous Luis Bunuel movie called Tristana about a girl who has her leg amputated by her abusive husband. Tristan is a depressing name.
Completely agree. For anyone knowing French or Spanish (and probably other Romance languages), or German (where trist is also another word for sad), the name Tristan has this association, Wagner's opera and its literary predecessors notwithstanding. I would never choose this name for my child, boy or girl.