Given name & surname
Troye
“son of a footsoldier”
Troye is a variant of Troy. One interpretation is “son of a footsoldier.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Troye is a variant of Troy. One interpretation is “son of a footsoldier.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Troye is a form of Troy. Troy comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Troye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 75 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Troye
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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