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 [ 2 syll. (s)ta-cey, st-ac-ey ] The girl name Stacey is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced STEYSiy KEY. Stacey is of Old Greek origin and it is used mainly in English. The name first evolved from the masculine Stacy, but it can also be taken to be from Anastasia or Eustacia. Stacey is the feminine equivalent of the English Stacy. Forms of the name include the English names Stacia, Stazie, and Steacy. Stacey is an English pet form of the English, German, Greek, and Russian Anastasia. Stacey is also a pet form of the English Eustacia. The short form Stace (English), and the spelling variants Stacci (English), Stacee (English), Staci (English), Stacie (English), Stacy (English), Staicy (English), Stayce (English), Staycee (English), and Stayci (English) are other forms of Stacey. See also the related form, the English Staceyann. Stacey is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1971, 0.427% of baby girls were named Stacey. It had a ranking of #41 then. The baby name has seen a marked drop in frequency since then, and is used only on a very modest scale now. Within the family of girl names directly related to Stacey, the English, German, Greek, and Russian Anastasia was the most popular in 2008. Stacey has in the last century been mainly given to girls. There were 10 times more girls than boys who were named Stacey in 1992. Baby names that sound like Stacey include the English Stacy, the English Staycee, the English Stayci, the name Sadzi, the English Stacci, the English Stacee, the English Staceyann, the English Staci, the English Stacia, the English Stacie, the Czech Stasa, the English Stasha, the English Stasia, the Czech Staska, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Russian Stasya, the English Stazie, the Russian Stesha, the Russian Steshka, the name Sutki, and the Japanese Setsuko. KEY: Pronunciation for Stacey: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
