MEANING & HISTORY
What does Macy mean?
Macy is a surname transferred into given-name use. Its documented surname history points to French places called Massy and ultimately the Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius.
This is a location-and-family-name formation rather than a direct English vocabulary name. The source does not establish a deeper translation of Maccius, so the geographical chain is the useful explanation. Similar-looking names should not be substituted without checking whether they share that same history.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Norman baronial surname from places named Massy in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius.
A female given name transferred from the surname.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Macy in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Macy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Mac♂Son; through Gaelic surname traditions
- Marcy♀Familiar form of Marcia
- Mary♀English form of Maria, from Hebrew Miryam
- May♀Month-name, or a familiar form of longer names
- Maan♀Tagalog familiar compound-name form; Dutch Herman form also exists
- Mae♀Variant of May, the month-name or familiar form
- Mael♂Tagalog Ismael clipping; Breton chief-name also exists
- Manny♂Short form of Emmanuel or Manfred
What rhymes with Macy?
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Names with a similar written ending
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Explore Macy further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Macy (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.