Lacey

nome proprio

1. 1

   A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.

2. 2

   A unisex given name transferred from the surname. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly 19th century usage.

   "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."

3. 3

   A unisex given name transferred from the surname. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

   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.

4. 4

   A place in the United States: A township in Ocean County, New Jersey.

5. 5

   A place in the United States: A city in Thurston County, Washington, formerly named Woodland.