Troy (given name)
| 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.[1][2]
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 Edgar, American security official
 - 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 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, (born 1998), English boxer
 - 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 Masters (1961–2024), American journalist and editor
 - 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 (1921–1995), American stuntman and actor
 - Troy Melton (baseball) (born 2000), American baseball player
 - 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 Omeire, American football player
 - 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 Podmilsak (born 2004), American freestyle skier
 - Troy Polamalu (born 1981), American football player
 - Troy Porter,
 - Troy Victor Post,
 - Troy Powell,
 - 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 Ruttman,
 - Troy Ryan,
 - Troy Sachs,
 - Troy Sadowski,
 - Troy Sanders (born 1973), American singer and bassist
 - Troy Sanders (composer),
 - Troy Schumacher,
 - Troy Schwab,
 - Troy Schwarze,
 - Troy Scribner,
 - Troy Seals,
 - Troy Selvey,
 - Troy Selwood,
 - Troy Shaw, English snooker player
 - Troy Shelley, American politician
 - 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 Leeuwen (born 1970), American musician
 - Troy Van Voorhis,
 - Troy Verges,
 - Troy Vincent (born 1970), American football player
 - Troy Vollhoffer,
 - Troy von Balthazar,
 - 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 in 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
 - Troy Calypso, one of the two main antagonists in the video game Borderlands 3