 The name "Trabboch" was first attested in 1303 as "Trebathe", and it has a Brittonic origin.The first part of the name is the element "treβ-", denoting a habitation and the land associated with it (Welsh "tref" "a town", traditionally "a farm").The second element could be either "-*bedu" meaning "birch trees" (Welsh "bedw"), or "-*beδ", "a grave" (Welsh "bedd").