Trengove is a Cornish locative surname, indicating a person from an estate called Trengove in Cornwall, England. The name derives from the Cornish elements "tre," meaning a homestead or settlement, and "ingove," a personal name or place name element—a typical pattern in Cornish toponymics associated with landed estates. Like many Cornish surnames, it reflects the region's preserved Brythonic linguistic heritage, which is distinct from English naming conventions.EtymologyThe root meaning of Trengove shifts from the phrase "farmstead at the cleft" to more localized interpretations, but its precise origin points to a specific location in central Cornwall. The tre prefix is ubiquitous in Cornish and Breton surnames and place names, while variants occasionally appear in earlier parish registers. For related forms, note Renfree which also suggests compounded proximity to physical geography—here denoted as '