Girl · Norman French
Macy
Say it: MAY-see
Meaning
From an English surname taken from French place names such as Massy, from a Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius plus a place suffix.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as a girls' name in the US from the 1980s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 31,159 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 2003, about 1 in 1,200 girls
- 469 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Macey, Maci
Famous bearers
- Macy Gray, American singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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