Trany
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Trany by the numbers
Trany was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Trany
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Trany. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tracyfrom Thrace; path or road138 in the US (2017)
- Tran5 in the US (2017)
- Tianaprincess; a form of Tatiana449 in the US (2017)
- Tanyaworthy of praise; diminutive form of tatiana91 in the US (2017)
- Taranthunder or deity of thunder50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Traceya form of Tracy; from a Norman place name35 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Trany
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