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 [ 2 syll. la-cey, lac-ey ] The girl name Lacey is pronounced as LEYSiy KEY. Lacey is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Old French. Derived from the words 'lace' ; 'laz' meaning braid. The first name is from a Norman baronial surname, which is itself from a Norman place name in Lassy, which is in the department of Calvados in France; the family was influential in the medieval period. The name is also from, or else influenced by, the English word 'lace', which is of the Old French 'laz' (braid). The name Lace (English) and the name Layce (English) are variants of Lacey. Other forms of Lacey include the variant spellings Lacee (English), Laci (English), Lacie (English), Lacy (English), Laici (English), Laycee (English), and Layci (English). Lacey is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity rose from the 1970s up to the 1980s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 1983 with 0.133% of baby girls being given the name Lacey. It was #128 in rank then. The baby name has fallen in popularity since then. In 2008, its usage was 0.038% and its ranking #405, but it was nonetheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. In 2008, Lacey was thrice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Laci (English). Baby names that sound like Lacey include Lacee (English), Lacie (English), Lacy (English), Laycee (English), Layci (English), Laci (English), Laka (Hawaiian), Lakeesh (English), Lakesha (English), Lakeshia (English), Lakesia (English), Lakya, Laoise (Irish), Lashay (English), Latia (English), Laurka (Polish), Leasa (English), Lecia (English), Leesa (English), and Leeza (English and Hebrew). KEY: Pronunciation for Lacey: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
