# Tracy

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtɹeɪsi/ · frequency rank #9,412

## Definitions
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.
4. A village in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-try)
- **trap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trap)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-troy)
- **tray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-tray)
- **tram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-tram)
- **Trey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trey)
- **Tran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-tran)
- **trad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trad)
- **Trav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trav)
- **trade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trade)
- **train** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-train)
- **truly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-truly)
- **truck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-truck)
- **trick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trick)
- **trail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trail)
- **trash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trash)
- **trans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trans)
- **traps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-traps)
- **trait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-trait)
- **truce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tracy-vs-truce)

## Common misspellings (8)
`rtacy`, `tarcy`, `traccy`, `tracyy`, `trayc`, `trcay`, `trracy`, `ttracy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tracy