Tracey is a variant of Tracy, an English given name and surname. The name ultimately derives from Norman French place names like Tracy-Bocage in Normandy, composed of the Gaulish male name Draccios (or Latin Thracius, meaning "of Thrace") and the Celtic suffix -āko ("place, property"). The Irish surname Tracey also contributed to its adoption, stemming from the native O'Treasaigh septs, based on the Irish word treasach, meaning "warlike" or "fighter," and also interpreted as "higher" or "superior."