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Vinony

Tracy

proper noun

  1. given name
  2. family name
  3. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪsi/

name

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.

  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 19th century and later usage.

    “"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."”

    “Tracy Kidder's specialty is putting ordinary people's lives and projects under a microscope and finding drama where few others would think to look. He established himself with [The Soul of a New Machine] (1981), a book detailing the human interactions behind the rush to create a new computer.”

  3. A female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

    “"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."”

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

  4. A village in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, Canada.
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    “A Tracy man is recovering from severe wounds after being gored by a bull.”

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