MEANING & HISTORY
What does Stacey mean?
Stacey is a spelling of Stacy. The surname-related route involves a familiar form of Eustace, while other given-name use shortens Anastasia.
The Eustace family includes fruitful or stable interpretations, while Anastasia means resurrection. These are distinct formations, not one combined meaning. Stacey’s spelling alone does not identify which longer name or surname supplied an individual choice.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred back from the surname.; A female given name from Ancient Greek popular in the 1970s, from the surname, sometimes also explained as a short form of Anastasia.
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People with the name Stacey
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Stacey Cavill
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Stacey Cavill
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Stacey 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 Stacey
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
- Stanley♂Stone clearing
- Steve♂Short form of Stephen or Steven
- Steven♂Crown or wreath
- Stavros♂Cross
- Stella♀Star in Latin
- Stephen♂Crown or wreath
- Stevan♂Serbian form of Stephen; crown or wreath
- Stanford♂Stone ford
What rhymes with Stacey?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Stacey further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q19826118 — Stacey (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Stacey Cavill (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19826118 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Stacey (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Stacey (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Behind the Name: stacey (opens in a new tab)
Independent onomastic comparison and qualifications to the proposed origin.
- Behind the Name: stacy (opens in a new tab)
Independent exact source-name relationship and etymological qualifications.
- Behind the Name: eustace (opens in a new tab)
Independent exact source-name relationship and etymological qualifications.