Troy (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | /trɔɪ/ |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Irish or Ancient Greek |
Meaning | "Foot soldier" |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Troye |
Troy is a male given first name used in English-speaking countries, and may derive from the Irish Troightheach, meaning "foot soldier". Additionally Troy is utilised as an anglicised surname derived from a variety of Gaelic and Norman surnames. Further detail here Troy (surname).
Alternately, especially as a modern given name for boys, the name may be of Classical Greek inspiration—derived from the ancient city of Troy (Ancient Greek: Τροία, romanized: Troía), site of the legendary Trojan War described in the Epic Cycle of Ancient Greece, most famously in Homer's epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.[1][2]
People
[edit]Male
[edit]- Troy, stage name for American semi-retired professional wrestler Erik Watts (born 1967)
- Troy Adams,
- Troy Afenir,
- Troy Agnew,
- Troy Aikman (born 1966), American football quarterback
- Troy Alexander,
- Troy Alves,
- Troy Andersen (born 1999), American football player
- Troy Andes,
- Troy Andrew,
- Troy Andrews,
- Troy Apke (born 1995), American football player
- Troy Archer,
- Troy Archibald-Henville,
- Troy Auzenne,
- Troy Ave,
- Troy Baker (born 1976), American voice actor
- Troy Balderson,
- Troy Barnett,
- Troy Barnhart Jr.,
- Troy Batchelor,
- Troy Baxter Jr. (born 1996), American basketball player
- Troy Bayliss (born 1969), Australian motorcycle racer
- Troy Beatty,
- Troy Beckwith (1975–2024), Australian television actor
- Troy Beebe,
- Troy Bell,
- Troy Bell (politician),
- Troy Benson,
- Troy Benson (skier),
- Troy Bergeron,
- Troy Bienemann,
- Troy Black,
- Troy E. Black,
- Troy Blacklaws,
- Troy Blakely,
- Troy Bodie,
- Troy Bodine,
- Troy Bond,
- Troy Bourke,
- Troy Boyle,
- Troy Bradford,
- Troy Brauntuch,
- Troy Brenna,
- Troy Brewer,
- Troy Broadbridge,
- Troy Brohawn,
- Troy Brooks,
- Troy Brosnan,
- Troy Brouwer (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- Troy Brown,
- Troy Brownfield,
- Troy Browns,
- Troy Buckley,
- Troy Buswell,
- Troy Butler,
- Troy Caesar,
- Troy Calhoun (born 1966), American football coach
- Troy Campbell,
- Troy Carter,
- Troy Cartwright,
- Troy Cassar-Daley,
- Troy Cassell,
- Troy Castaneda,
- Troy Cate,
- Troy Caupain,
- Troy Chaplin,
- Troy Christensen,
- Troy Clarke,
- Troy CLE,
- Troy Cline,
- Troy Coker,
- Troy Cole,
- Troy Collings,
- Troy Cook,
- Troy Cooley,
- Troy Corbett,
- Troy Cordingley,
- Troy Cornelius,
- Troy Corser,
- Troy Costa,
- Troy Crowder,
- Troy Curtis,
- Troy Dalbey,
- Troy Danaskos,
- Troy Dandridge,
- Troy Daniels (born 1991), American basketball player
- Troy Dannen,
- Troy Dargan (1997–2023), Australian rugby player
- Troy Davies,
- Troy Davis,
- Troy Dayak,
- Troy de Haas,
- Troy Deeney (born 1988), English football player
- Troy Denning (born 1958), American author
- Troy DeVries,
- Troy Dillinger,
- Troy Dixon,
- Troy Donahue (1936–2001), American actor and singer
- Troy Donockley (born 1964), British composer
- Troy Dorsey (born 1962), American boxer and kickboxer
- Troy Dorchester,
- Troy Doris,
- Troy Douglas,
- Troy Douglin,
- Troy Downing,
- Troy Drake,
- Troy Drayton,
- Troy Duffy (born 1971), American director
- Troy Dumais,
- Troy Dumas,
- Troy Dungan,
- Troy Dunn,
- Troy E. Dunn,
- Troy Dusosky,
- Troy Duster,
- Troy Dye (born 1996), American football player
- Troy Edwards,
- Troy Edwards (soccer),
- Troy Eid (born 1963), American lawyer
- Troy Elder,
- Troy Endicott,
- Troy Evans,
- Troy Fabiano,
- Troy Fautanu,
- Troy Fegidero,
- Troy Findley,
- Troy D. Fitrell,
- Troy Flavell (born 1976), New Zealand rugby player
- Troy Fleming,
- Troy Fletcher,
- Troy Franklin,
- Troy Fraser,
- Troy Fumagalli (born 1995), American football player
- Troy Galloway,
- Troy Gamble,
- Troy Garity,
- Troy Garner,
- Troy Gentile,
- Troy Gentry (1967–2017), American country music singer, one half of the duo Montgomery Gentry
- Troy Glasgow,
- Troy Glass,
- Troy Glaus (born 1976), American baseball player
- Troy Graham,
- Troy Grant (born 1970), Australian politician
- Troy Leon Gregg (1948–1980), American fugitive
- Troy Graves,
- Troy Gray,
- Troy Gregory,
- Troy Grosenick (born 1989), American ice hockey player
- Troy Hairston (born 1998), American football player
- Troy Hall,
- Troy Halpin,
- Troy Hambrick,
- Troy Hartman (born 1971), American stunt performer
- Troy Hashimoto,
- Troy Hayden,
- Troy Headrick, American politician
- Troy Hearfield,
- Troy Hebert,
- Troy Heinert,
- Troy Hernandez,
- Troy Herriage,
- Troy Hewitt,
- Troy Hickman,
- Troy Honeysett,
- Troy Horne,
- Troy Hudson (born 1976), American basketball player
- Troy Hunt,
- Troy Hurtubise,
- Troy Isley,
- Troy Jackson,
- Troy Lee James,
- Troy Jaques,
- Troy Johnson,
- Troy Jollimore,
- Troy Jones,
- Troy Jules,
- Troy Jutting,
- Troy Kastigar,
- Troy Kell,
- Troy Kelley,
- Troy Kelly,
- Troy Kemp,
- Troy King (born 1968), American politician
- Troy Kingi,
- Troy Kinney,
- Troy Kopp,
- Troy Kotsur,
- Troy Kropog,
- Troy Kyles,
- Troy Ladd (born 1969), American car designer
- Troy LaRaviere,
- Troy Lehmann,
- Troy Lesesne,
- Troy Lewis,
- Troy Lifford,
- Troy Limbo,
- Troy Little,
- Troy Liu,
- Troy Loggins,
- Troy Loney,
- Troy Longmuir,
- Troy Luff,
- Troy Lyndon,
- Troy Mader,
- Troy Makepeace,
- Troy Mallette,
- Troy Mangen,
- Troy Mann,
- Troy Kennedy Martin (1932–2009), British screenwriter
- Troy Mattes,
- Troy Matteson,
- Troy McBroom,
- Troy McCarthy,
- Troy A. McGill,
- Troy McIntosh,
- Troy A. McKenzie,
- Troy McKeown,
- Troy McLawhorn (born 1969), American musician
- Troy McLean,
- Troy Mellanson,
- Troy Melton,
- Troy Menzel,
- Troy Merner,
- Troy Merritt,
- Troy H. Middleton,
- Troy Milam,
- Troy Miller,
- Troy Moloney,
- Troy Montero,
- Troy Montes-Michie,
- Troy Murphy (born 1980), American basketball player
- Troy Murphy (skier),
- Troy Murray,
- Troy Nathan,
- Troy Neal,
- Troy Neel,
- Troy Nehls,
- Troy Neilson,
- Troy Neiman (born 1990), American baseball player
- Troy Newman,
- Troy Nickerson,
- Troy Niklas,
- Troy Nixey,
- Troy Nolan,
- Troy L. Nunley,
- Troy O'Leary (born 1969), American baseball player
- Troy Oliver,
- Troy Olsen,
- Troy Onyango,
- Troy Paino,
- Troy Pannell,
- Troy A. Paredes,
- Troy Parfitt,
- Troy Parrott (born 2002), Irish soccer player
- Troy Patton,
- Troy Payne,
- Troy Pelshak (born 1977), American football player
- Troy Percival (born 1969), American baseball player
- Troy Perkins (born 1981), American soccer player
- Troy Perkins (rugby league),
- Troy Perry (born 1940), American church founder
- Troy Pezet,
- Troy Pickard,
- Troy Pina,
- Troy Pinder,
- Troy Polamalu (born 1981), American football player
- Troy Porter,
- Troy Victor Post,
- Troy Powell,
- Troy Price,
- Troy Pride (born 1998), American football player
- Troy Puckett,
- Troy Purcell,
- Troy Ready,
- Troy Reddick,
- Troy Reeb,
- Troy Reeder (born 1994), American football player
- Troy Riddle,
- Troy Rike,
- Troy Roberts,
- Troy Robertson,
- Troy Robinson,
- Troy Romero,
- Troy Rosario,
- Troy Ross,
- Troy Rugless,
- Troy Rutter,
- Troy Ruttman,
- Troy Ryan,
- Troy Sachs,
- Troy Sadowski,
- Troy Sanders (born 1973), American singer and bassist
- Troy Sanders (composer),
- Troy Schwab,
- Troy Schwarze,
- Troy Schumacher,
- Troy Scribner,
- Troy Selvey,
- Troy Selwood,
- Troy Seals,
- Troy Shaw,
- Troy Shondell (1939–2016), American singer
- Troy Sienkiewicz,
- Troy Simmonds,
- Troy Simon,
- Troy Simons,
- Troy Singleton,
- Troy Slaten,
- Troy Slattery,
- Troy Smith,
- Troy Sneed,
- Troy Snitker,
- Troy Snyder,
- Troy Southgate,
- Troy Stark,
- Troy Stecher,
- Troy Stedman,
- Troy Stetina,
- Troy Stockwell,
- Troy Stokes Jr.,
- Troy Stolz,
- Troy Stone,
- Troy Stoudermire (born 1990), American football player
- Troy Stradford,
- Troy Streckenbach,
- Troy Stubbs, American politician in Alabama
- Troy Tanner (born 1963), American volleyball player
- Troy Tate,
- Troy Taylor,
- Troy Terry,
- Troy Thompson,
- Troy Tomlinson,
- Troy Townsend,
- Troy Trepanier,
- Troy Tulowitzki (born 1984), American baseball player
- Troy Ugle,
- Troy Van Voorhis,
- Troy Van Leeuwen (born 1970), American musician
- Troy Verges,
- Troy Vincent (born 1970), American football player
- Troy von Balthazar,
- Troy Vollhoffer,
- Troy Walker,
- Troy Walters,
- Troy G. Ward,
- Troy Waters,
- Troy Waymaster,
- Troy Weaver,
- Troy Westwood,
- Troy Wheless,
- Troy Williams,
- Troy Williams (Canadian football),
- Troy Williamson,
- Troy Williamson (boxer),
- Troy Wilson,
- Troy Winbush,
- Troy Wolverton,
- Troy Woodruff,
- Troy Wozniak,
- Troy Yocum,
Female
[edit]- Troy Byer (born 1964), American psychologist and author
- Troy Garton (born 1988), New Zealand boxer
- Troy Mullins (born 1987), American professional golfer
- Troy Titus-Adams (born 1969), British actress
Fictional characters
[edit]- Troy, character is Australian TV show Neighbours
- Troy, a customer played by Jordan Williams in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Troy, fictional character in the video game Dying Light
- Troy Barnes, character in the television series Community
- Troy Bolton, character in the High School Musical films
- Troy Burrows, character in the television series Power Rangers Megaforce and Power Rangers Super Megaforce
- Troy Carmichael, a young girl character in the film Crooklyn, played by Zelda Harris
- Troy Dyer, a character in the film Reality Bites
- Troy Huskman, main character in the indie comic series Arrow-Corn
- Troy Jeffries, a character in the cartoon Beverly Hills Teens
- Troy McClure, a character in the television series The Simpsons
- Troy Perkins, a character in the 1985 American adventure comedy The Goonies
- Troy Tatterton, fictional character in the Casteel series of books
- Troy Walsh, a bully in the Netflix TV Series Stranger Things