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See also: lacey

English

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Lacey

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Alternative forms

Lacy, Laci, Lacie

Proper noun

Lacey

A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname
1. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.
  - 1993, Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven, →ISBN, page 322:
    "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."
2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  - 2009, Marilynne Robinson, Gilead: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
    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.
A placename
1. A township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States.
2. A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States, formerly named Woodland.

Anagrams

Caley, alecy, claye

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 {{also|lacey}}
 ==English==
+{{wp|lang=en}}
 ===Alternative forms===
-* {{l|en|Lacy}}
+* {{alter|en|Lacy|Laci|Lacie}}
 ===Proper noun===
 {{en-proper noun}}
-# {{surname|[[Norman]] [[habitational]]|from=Old French|dot=}} from a place ''[[Lassy]]'' in [[Calvados]].
+# {{surname|en|[[Norman]] [[habitational]]|from=Old French}} from a place ''[[Lassy]]'' in [[Calvados]].
-# {{given name|male|from=surnames}}, transferred from the surname, mostly in the nineteenth century.
+# {{given name|en|unisex|from=surnames}}
-# {{given name|female|from=surnames}} of modern usage.
+## {{given name|en|male|from=surnames|usage=mostly 19th century}}.
-#* '''1993''' {{w|Barbara Kingsolver}}, ''Pigs in Heaven'', {{ISBN|0060922532}}, page 322
+##* {{quote-book|en|year=1993|author=w:Barbara Kingsolver|title=Pigs in Heaven|page=322|isbn=0060922532
-#*: "Where'd you get a prissy name like '''Lacey''' from, anyway?"
+|passage="Where'd you get a prissy name like '''Lacey''' from, anyway?"<br>"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."}}
+## {{given name|en|female|from=surnames|usage=modern}}.
-#*: "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."
+##* {{quote-book|en|year=2009|author=Marilynne Robinson|title=Gilead: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|publisher=Hachette UK|isbn=9780748113507
+|passage='''Lacey''' Thrush died last night. Isn&#39;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.}}
+# A {{l|en|placename}}
+## {{place|en|twp|co/Ocean County|s/New Jersey|c/USA}}.
+## {{place|en|city|co/Thurston County|s/Washington|c/USA|formerly named|pl/Woodland}}.
+===See also===
+* {{l|en|De Lacey}}
+* {{l|en|Lacey Green}}
 ===Anagrams===
 * {{anagrams|en|a=acely|Caley|alecy|claye}}
-[[Category:English unisex given names]]
+{{cln|en|unisex given names}}