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[ 2 syll. tra-cy, tr-acy ] The boy name Tracy is also used, and more commonly so, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is TREYSiy †. 1: Tracy is an English name of Old French origin. The name's meaning is place of Thracius. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See Tracy for more info. The name Trace (English) is a variant of Tracy. Tracey (English variant spelling) is another form of Tracy. 2: Tracy is of Gaelic origin. Here, the meaning is warlike. The name Treasaigh (Irish) is a variant of Tracy. Tracy is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1966, 0.186% of baby boys were given the name Tracy. Its ranking then was #98. The baby name has since experienced a marked fall in popularity, and is currently of very light use. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Tracy, Trace was the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Tracy include Tracey (English), Tarick (English), Tarik (Albanian, Arabic, English, Indian, and Turkish), Tariq (Albanian, Arabic, English, and Turkish), Taurus (English), Tedric, Tedrick, Terach, Tirus, Torres (English), Treasaigh (Irish), Tyreece, Tyreese, Tyrik (English), Tyriq (English), Tarcisio (Italian), Tareek (English), Tarek (Albanian, Arabic, and Turkish), Teodors (Latvian), and Theodoras.
† English pronunciation for Tracy: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
