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What does Macy mean?

Macy Pronunciation of Macy as a girls' name (also used less generally as boys' name Macy) is pronounced MAY-see. It is of Old French origin, and the meaning of Macy is "weapon". May also be a place name for "Matthew's estate". The name of a character on the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful". Has a similarity to Lacy. Pop singer Macy Gray.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ma-, -cy

ASSOCIATED WITH opera, bold (brave), beautiful

Variations

VARIANTS Macee, Macey, Maci, Macie, Maicey, Maicy

RELATED FORMS VIA LACY Lacee, Laci, Laicey

MASCULINE FORM Mace

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Macy Kenslee (M.K.), ..

How popular is Macy?

Macy is a somewhat popular first name for women (#2561 out of 4276, Top 60%) and an even more popular last name for both adults and children (#6066 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Macy reached its apex position of #219 in the U.S. in 2003, and is at #564 presently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Macy name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Macy outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Maci (#352 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Macie (#550), Macey (#1341), Lacy (#1870), Lacee, Laci and Macee are the popular varying forms of Macy (#564). These forms of Macy reached the height of their popularity in 2011 (ADOPTION OF 0.2%) and are somewhat less common today (ADOPTION 0.1%, DOWN 45.8%), with forms like Laci falling out of fashion.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Macy, Lacee, Laci, Lacy, Macee in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Macey, Maci, Macie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Macy outside U.S.

Similar Names

Macy is pronounced similarly to Maisa, Maisey, Maisy, Maysa, Mazey, Mazie, Mesa and Missy. Other recommended sound-alike names are Cacy, Cascy, Dacy, Daicy, Darcy, Fancy, Jacy, Kacy, Lucy, Macon, Mada, Maddy, Mady, Mae, Maery, Mag, Maggy, Maguy, Mai, Maia, Mair, Maiya, Maj, Maja, Maji, Mal, Mala, Mali, Mally, Mame, Manya, Mara, Marcey, Marci, Marcy, Mare, Marg, Margy, Mari, Marjy, Mart, Marty, Mary, Marya, Maryk, Maryl, Maryn, Marys, Mat, Mata, Matty, Maud, Mave, Max, Maxi, Maxy, May, Maya, Maye, Mercy, Mica, Micky, Nancy, Stacy, Tacy, Tracy and Yancy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Macy.

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