Troy (given name)

Troy

Pronunciation	/trɔɪ/
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.

People

Male

• 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 Pratt,
• 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

• 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

• 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

See also

• Troy (surname)
• Troy (disambiguation)