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 [ 3 syll. eu-(s)ta-cia, eus-tac-ia ] The girl name Eustacia is pronounced YuwSTAACHah KEY. Eustacia is of Old Greek origin and it is used mainly in English. The meaning of Eustacia is 'good harvest, fruitful'. Derived from eu which means 'good, well' ; stachys which means 'ear of corn, grapes' ; stenai which means 'to stand'. The name appeared in the Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (1878) as the lead character Eustacia Vye. Eustacia is the feminine form of the English Eustace. A form of the name is the English Eustolia. The short form Stacia (English), and the pet forms Stacey (English), Stacy (English), and Stasia (English) are other variants of Eustacia. Eustacia is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Eustacia, the English Stacy was the most regularly used in 2008. KEY: Pronunciation for Eustacia: Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
