Troy

Where Troy comes from

From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).
— Wiktionary's entry for Troy
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1968
    Troy Kotsur born
    American actor
  3. 1968
    Peak, #40
    7,976 babies named Troy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #69.
  5. 1976
    Troy Baker born
    American voice actor
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, but today associated with the classical city.
Namesakes
  • Troy Kotsur · American actor, born 1968
  • Troy Baker · American voice actor, born 1976
  • Troy Deeney · English association football player, born 1988
  • Troy Donahue · American actor, 1936–2001
  • Troy Parrott · Irish association football player, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.