Tracy

Meanings

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.
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A sizable city in San Joaquin County, California.
7. A neighborhood in the town of Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
8. A ghost town in Essex Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
9. An unincorporated community in Union Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.
10. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Iowa.
11. An unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky.
12. A small city in Lyon County, Minnesota.

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.