Lacey

Where Lacey comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lacey.

  • From a surname
  • Vowel-ended
Lacey through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,276 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1957
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1982
    Lacey Chabert born
    American film actress and producer
  4. 1982
    Lacey Duvalle born
    American pornographic actress
  5. 1984
    Peak, #116
    2,399 babies named Lacey, the most in any year.
  6. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #277.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  • A place in the United States:
  • A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.
Namesakes
  • Lacey Chabert · American film actress and producer, born 1982
  • Lacey Duvalle · American pornographic actress, born 1982
  • Lacey Sturm · American singer, born 1981
  • Lacey Turner · British actress, born 1988
  • Lacey Nymeyer · American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.