"Stacey" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Stacy [alternative], Staci [alternative], Stacie [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪsi Head templates: {{en-prop}} Stacey
  1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from a medieval diminutive of Eustace.
    Sense id: en-Stacey-en-name-rzV7213M Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English unisex given names, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 25 26 Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 28 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 30 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 33 30
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred back from the surname.
    Sense id: en-Stacey-en-name-xJckm-sN Categories (other): English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 30 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 33 30
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek popular in the 1970s, from the surname, sometimes also explained as a short form of Anastasia.
    Sense id: en-Stacey-en-name-2Ke~z5yG Categories (other): English female given names, English given names, English unisex given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 30 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 31 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 33 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (female given name): Стейси (Stejsi) [feminine] (Bulgarian) Translations (male given name): Стейси (Stejsi) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
Disambiguation of 'female given name': 30 35 35 Disambiguation of 'male given name': 30 38 33
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