Tracy

See also: trący

English

Alternative forms

• Tracey, Traci

Etymology

A Norman baronial surname from places in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman given name Thracius which referred to Thrace + the Celtic suffix *-āko (place, property). As a female given name, it is also known as a diminutive of Theresa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪsi/
• Rhymes: -eɪsi

Proper noun

Tracy (plural Tracys or Tracies)

1. A surname from Old French
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 19th century and later usage.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and 1970s.
   • 1985 Ed McBain, Snow White and Rose Red, page 130:

     "That's her real name, you know. I mean, a lot of girls working the topless joints, they take exotic, sexy names...well, Tiffany Carter, for example...but that was the name Tracy was born with."

   • 1993 Wayne C. Lee, Bad Men and Bad Towns, Caxton Press, →ISBN, page 144:

     Her name was Theresa (often Tracy) Oldenburg and she had eyes only for another young man, Richard Puls.

4. A city in California.
5. An unincorporated community in Union Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States.
6. A city in Minnesota.
7. A city in Missouri.
8. A village in New Brunswick, Canada.

Quotations

• 1921 P. G. Wodehouse, Indiscretions of Archie, page 162:

  "What's the first name?"
  [...]
  "I have a horrible feeling that it's Lancelot!"
  "Good God!" said Archie.
  "It couldn't really be that, could it?"
  Archie looked grave. He hated to give pain, but he felt he must be honest.
  "It might," he said. "People give their children all sorts of rummy names. My second name's Tracy. And I have a pal in England who was christened Cuthbert De la Hay Horace. Fortunately everyone calls him Stinker."

Derived terms

• Tracyton

Anagrams

• Carty

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Tracy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛ.si/ ~ /tʁe.si/, /tʁa.si/

Proper noun

Tracy

1. Tracy