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What does Tracy mean?
Tracy 
▼ as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Tracy) is pronounced TRAY-see. It is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Tracy is "warlike". Also possibly a nickname for Theresa (Greek) "late summer" or derived from a Norman French place name based on a Gallic Latin personal name, Thrax or Thracius, whose meaning has been lost. The character Tracy Lord, played by Katherine Hepburn in the 1940 film "The Philadelphia Story", made the name popular. Actress Tracey Ullman; tennis player Tracy Austin; singer Tracy Chapman; swimmer Tracy Caulkins.
Variations
VARIANTS Trace, Tracee, Tracey▼, Traci▼, Tracie▼, Trasey, Treacy, Treasa, Treasey
SEE ALSO Teresa
RELATIONS VIA THERESA, TRACEY Tera▼, Terasa, Terry▼, Tessy, Tresa, Treza
MASCULINE FORM Trace
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Trasa, ..
(male) Trane, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Tracy Isabelle (T.I.), ..
How popular is Tracy?
Tracy is a very popular first name for females (#108 out of 4276, Top 3%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#1093 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Tracy reached its highest rank of #24 in the U.S. in the 1970s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Teresa (#798 A YEAR AGO), Theresa (#1106), Tera, Terry, Tracee, Tracey, Traci, Tracie, Treasa and Tresa are the popular related forms of Tracy listed in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Tessy, are uncommon. These relations of Tracy were at the apex of their popularity during the years 1960-1969 (AVERAGE #524) and are now significantly less widespread (#1809, 99% LESS USAGE), with versions like Traci becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Tracy▼ is alike in pronunciation to Trisa. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cacy, Dacy, Drucy, Jacy, Kacy▼, Lacy▼, Macy, Stacy▼, Tace, Tacey, Tacy, Tacye, Tavy, Trixy, Trudy▼ and Truly. These names tend to be less commonly used than Tracy.
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