Travis is mainly an English masculine given name of French origin. It is derived from the word "traverser" or "to cross", and was given to toll collectors who stood by a bridge or crossing.^[1]

People

• Travis Alexander (1977-2008), American salesman who was murdered by his ex-girlfriend
• Travis Banton (1894–1958), American costume designer
• Travis Barker (born 1975), American drummer for the rock band Blink-182
• Travis Beacham (born 1980), American screenwriter
• Travis Bell (born 1998), American football player
• Travis Best (born 1972), American basketball player
• Travis Blankenhorn (born 1996), American baseball player
• Travis Boak (born 1988) Australian rules footballer
• Travis Brody (born 1984), professional American football quarterback
• Travis Brown (cyclist) (born 1969), American cyclist
• Travis Brown (quarterback) (born 1977), former American football quarterback
• Travis Brown (wide receiver) (born 1986), American football wide receiver
• Travis Browne (born 1982), American mixed martial artist
• Travis Clark (born 1985), American musician
• Travis Chapman (born 1978), American baseball player and coach
• Travis Childers (born 1958), former U.S. representative from Mississippi
• Travis Coleman (born 1980), American football player
• Travis d'Arnaud (born 1989), American baseball player
• Travis Demeritte (born 1994), American baseball player
• Travis Dermott (born 1996), National Hockey League player
• Travis Dye (born 1999), American football player
• Travis Elborough (born 1971), British author
• Travis Etienne (born 1999), American football player
• Travis Feeney (born 1992), American football player
• Travis Fimmel (born 1979), Australian model and actor
• Travis Fulgham (born 1995), American football player
• Travis Greene (born 1984), American gospel singer
• Travis Haley, (known as Lexxi Foxxx) American bass player for the rock band Steel Panther
• Travis Hamonic (born 1990), professional ice hockey player
• Travis Head (born 1993), Australian cricketer
• Travis Henry (born 1978), American football running back
• Travis Homer (born 1998), American football player
• Travis Ishikawa (born 1983), American baseball player
• Travis Jankowski (born 1991), American baseball player
• Travis Johnstone (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
• Travis Kelce (born 1989), American football tight end
• Travis Konecny (born 1997), Canadian hockey forward
• Travis Kvapil (born 1976), American former NASCAR driver
• Travis Lakins Sr. (born 1994), American baseball player
• Travis Ludlow (born 2003), English aviator
• Travis Lutter (born 1973), American mixed martial artist
• Travis Marx (born 1977), American mixed martial artist
• Travis McCoy (born 1981), musician and singer
• Travis McElroy (born 1983), American podcaster
• Travis Meeks (born 1979), lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for acoustic rock band Days of the New
• Travis Pastrana (born 1983), American motorsports athlete
• Travis Pearson (born 1971), American football player
• Travis Reed (born 1979), American basketball player
• Travis Rinker (born 1968), American association football (soccer) player
• Travis Scott (born 1991), American rapper
• Travis Shaw (born 1990), American baseball player
• Travis Sinniah, admiral, commander of the Sri Lanka Navy from August to October 2017
• Travis Swaggerty (born 1997), American baseball player
• Travis Tritt (born 1963), American country musician
• Travis Vokolek (born 1998), American football player
• Travis Wall (born 1987), contemporary dance teacher
• Travis Walton (born 1953), an American alleged alien abductee
• Travis Warech (born 1991), American-German-Israeli basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Be'er Sheva
• Travis Wear (born 1990), American basketball player
• Travis Willingham (born 1981), American voice actor
• Travis Wilson (wide receiver) (born 1984), American football wide receiver
• Travis Zajac (born 1985), Canadian National Hockey League player

Fictional characters

• Travis Bell, a character in Killer7
• Travis Bickle, protagonist of the film Taxi Driver
• Travis Coates, in the novel Old Yeller and its Disney film adaptation
• Travis Fields, the protagonist of Oddity
• Travis Harris, protagonist of the novel Taming the Star Runner by S.E. Hinton
• Travis Henderson, protagonist of the film Paris, Texas, by Wim Wenders
• Travis Maddox, protagonist of the novel Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
• Travis Mayweather, in the American TV series Star Trek: Enterprise
• Travis McGee, created by John D. MacDonald
• Travis Nash, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Travis Strong, one of the main characters from the Canadian TV series Radio Free Roscoe
• Travis Touchdown, the main character in the No More Heroes series
• Travis Tractor, a character from the British children's series Bob the Builder
• Travis, antagonist of the British TV series Blake's 7
• Travis the African Buffalo from the children’s show Jim Henson's Animal Show

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