Troy (name)
Troy is an English male given name and family name that occurs predominantly in the USA .
Origin and meaning
The first name Troy is derived from a family name that originally referred to a resident of the northern French city of Troyes . Alternatively, the name can also be derived from the Irish Troightheach meaning "foot soldier".
Name bearer
Male first name
- Troy Aikman (born 1966), American football player
- Troy Bayliss (* 1969), Australian motorcycle racer
- Troy Bigam (* 1975), German-Canadian ice hockey player
- Troy Brown (born 1971), American football player
- Troy Corser (* 1971), Australian motorcycle racer
- Troy Davis (1968-2011), American citizen
- Troy Donahue (1936-2001), American actor
- Troy Duffy (* 1971), American director, actor and musician
- Troy Elder (born 1977), Australian field hockey player
- Troy Garity (born 1973), American actor
- Troy de Haas (* 1979), Australian orienteer
- Troy Hearfield (born 1987), Australian soccer player
- Troy Kemp (born 1966), track and field athlete from the Bahamas
- Troy Mellanson (born 1981), Antiguan soccer player
- Troy Murphy (basketball player) (born 1980), American basketball player
- Troy Murphy (freestyle skier) (* 1992), American freestyle skier
- Troy Parrott (* 2002), Irish football player
- Troy Perry (* 1940), American Protestant theologian
- Troy Pierce (* 1970), American DJ and music producer
- Troy Polamalu (born 1981), American football player
- Troy Ruttman (1930–1997), American racing driver
Female first name
- Troy Beyer (* 1964), American actress, director and screenwriter
family name
- Alexis Troy (* 1982), German producer and composer
- Doris Troy (1937-2004), American soul singer
- François de Troy (1645–1730), French painter and engraver
- Jean François de Troy (1679–1752), French painter
- John Weir Troy (1868–1942), American politician and Governor of the Alaska Territory from 1933 to 1939
- Joseph Edward Troy (born 1931), Former Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick
- Matthias Troy (* 1995), Austrian ski jumper
- Michael Troy (1940-2019), American swimmer
- Pastor Troy (born 1977), American rapper
- Robert Troy (* 1982), Irish politician
- Una Troy (1910-1993), Irish writer