German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German triben, German treiben, Yiddish traybn ‘to drive’. In some cases this name may have denoted someone who floated logs down a river.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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