The name Yancy is a Native American baby name. In Native American the meaning of the name Yancy is: Englishman.
The term "Yankee" and its contracted form "Yank" have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. ... Within Southern American English, "Yankee" is a derisive term used to refer to any and all Northerners, or those from the regions of the Union side of the American Civil War.
