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Tracy (also spelled Tracey or Traci or Trasci) is originally a British personal name, that refers to the family de Tracy or de Trasci from Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, France. There are several places called Tracy in Northern France and there are themselves a combination of the Gaulish male 's name Draccios or Latin Thracius and the well identified Celtic suffix -āko (place, property).
While the name is unisex within the United Kingdom it is more generally considered to be a female name. This may, in part, be due to its association with the' Essex Girl'. Particularly during the 1980s, alongside the name Sharon, it was a name considered to be archetypal of the 'Essex Girl'. Its popularity peaked during the 1960s, when Tracey was the sixth most popular female name and the alternate spelling Tracy was the 12th most popular.
It could refer to:
For the football player of the same name see Tracy Johnson (football player).
Tracy Johnson is an American singer-songwriter. Her music fits into the pop rock genre, and she is signed to Snowfire Records, an indie label. Johnson grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota and began songwriting when she was a child as her singing made her baby sister stop crying. She now lives in San Diego. Her debut EP, Oceans Under Jupiter, was well-received locally and contributed to Johnson's considerable success on the internet, via websites such as Myspace and Bebo. Her song, "The Good Life" was popular on the charts in Turkey, after it was included on a compilation album sent to radio stations all over Europe.
Johnson released a full-length album, Dreams in Cold Weather, in the US in May 2007. The same album was released in Japan in March 2008. Johnson's songs have been featured on MTV's The Real World Denver, Laguna Beach and The Real World Challenge Fresh Meat. Three songs off the album were featured in Commercials for the CW's New 90210 and the song "Does it really matter" was used in a promo of The CW's Nikita and the song "December" from the album was selected for placement in the feature film Winter of Frozen Dreams, starring Thora Birch and released in 2008. She has also been nominated for the LA Music Awards in the past, and Dreams in Cold Weather was nominated for Best Pop Album in the San Diego Music Awards 2007.