Tracey

Tracey is an English given name derived from a Norman French surname, itself taken from the place name Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, France, which likely comes from the Gallo-Roman personal name Thracius, meaning "from Thrace," the ancient region of southeastern Europe. The surname was brought to England after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and it gradually came into use as a given name. It was adopted as both a masculine and feminine first name during the twentieth century, becoming especially popular as a girl's name in Britain and Australia from the 1950s through the 1970s. Variant spellings include Tracy and Traci.