Trant Family History
Trant Name Meaning
English (mainly Devon): nickname perhaps from Middle English tr(u)a(u)nt ‘beggar; vagabond; scoundrel’ (Old French truant). Irish (Kerry): shortened form of Treamhant a Gaelicized form of an as yet unidentified surname which may have been borne by a pre-Norman family of Scandinavian origin who settled on the southwest coast of Ireland in the counties of Limerick and Kerry.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022