Tracy Name Meaning & Origin
Tracy
Origin of the name Tracy:
Transferred use of the surname derived from Tracy-Bocage or Tracy-sur-Mer, Norman baronial names from Calvados meaning "place of Thracius."
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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- Comments and insights on the name Tracy
Tracy is a great name. But spelled with an 'e' (Tracey) it always looks wrong somehow.
I don't think it looks wrong w/ an 'e,' my fave spelling is Trasea or Tracea.Don't use the Tracea spelling - too much like the word TRACHEA (the windpipe).
- Personal experiences with the name Tracy
My name is Tracy and I love it i dont have to spell it for anyone and no one says it wrong.
Im also Tracy. I love my name. I like that it seems like a friendly, happy, easy-going and energetic name.
My name is Traci spelled with an "i". More feminine.
-I personally knew a girl named Tracy in the 5th grade in elementary school in the early 1990's , very nice person, Irish like me, she even lived only one block away from me, when we were in the same 5th grade class, she was very nice to everyone , so the name Tracy is very cool, due for a revival in 2020- Nicknames for Tracy
Trace, Tray, Tee, Cee-Cee
- Meanings and history of the name Tracy
Is gaelic for warlike, fierce
- Famous real-life people named Tracy
Tracy Chapman, African-American singer/songwriter
Tracy Nelson, American actress
Tracy Austin, American tennis player
Tracy Pollan, American actress, wife of Michael J. Fox
Tracy Caulkins (Stockwell), American swimming champion and Olympic gold medalist
Tracy Scoggins, American actress- Tracy in song, story & screen
Tracy Turnblad, main character in Hairspray.
Tracy Samantha Lord, lead character in both "The Philadelphia Story", played by Katherine Hepburn, and "High Society", played by Grace Kelly.
Tracy Partridge, youngest child in the 1970's TV series, "The Partridge Family", played by Suzanne Crough.
Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson's children's book character
The Cuff Links (song)--Tracy Tracy, you're gonna be happy with me.
I'll build a world around you.
Filled with love everywhere,
And when you're there,
You'll be so glad I found you. (excerpt)