Meaning of Lacey | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.
4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
5. A placename
6. A township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
7. A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States, formerly named Woodland.

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Examples

“"Where'd you get⟳ a prissy name⟳ like⟳ Lacey from, anyway?" "I don't know⟳," Cash tells Alice, keeping his hands on the wheel and his eye trained ahead. "It was Alma thought of it. I think⟳ she liked the TV show⟳ with the lady cops. Lacey and somebody."”

“Lacey Thrush died last⟳ night. Isn't that a name⟳? Her mother was a Lacey. They were an old family here, but she was the last⟳ of the Laceys, and the Thrushes went on to California.”

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