Troy (given name)

Troy (given name)

Troy, is a male given first name.[1] The male given name is used in English-speaking countries and derives from the Irish Gaelic Troightheach, meaning "foot soldier."

Troy is also an informal form of the female name Gertrude (often shortened to Trude) in Dutch..[2]

Notable people with name

Notes

  1. ^ "The Troy Surname". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Troy-name-meaning.ashx. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 
  2. ^ "The Troy Surname". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Troy-name-meaning.ashx. Retrieved 2010-05-20. 

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