Macey

Meaning of Macey

Macey—pronounced the breezy “MAY-see”—began life as the Norman place-name Massy, ferried across the Channel like a silken banner, and over time she traded her medieval mace and shield for a brighter, boutique charm, though the old meaning of “weapon” still gleams beneath the polish. In the United States her popularity has drawn a gentle sine wave: a shy whisper in the Jazz Age, a quiet intermezzo mid-century, then a spirited rise in the late 1990s before settling, Ferrari-red, around the 700th rank today. The name now carries a bouquet of associations—Macy’s jubilant Thanksgiving parade, the aromatic spice mace, even the graceful arc of a Renaissance fresco—so she feels equally at home gliding down Fifth Avenue or strolling a sunlit strada in Florence. Parents who choose Macey are often looking for a melody that is light on the ear yet tempered with steel, a petite sonnet that promises both resilience and la dolce vita in one warm, spirited breath.