# Stacey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,037

## Definitions
1. An English surname transferred from the given name derived from a medieval diminutive of Eustace.
2. A male given name from Ancient Greek transferred back from the surname.
3. A female given name from Ancient Greek popular in the 1970s, from the surname, sometimes also explained as a short form of Anastasia.

## Easily confused with
- **stay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stay)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-state)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stage)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stake)
- **stack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stack)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stare)
- **stale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stale)
- **Stacy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stacy)
- **stave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stave)
- **stade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stade)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-states)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stated)
- **stayed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stayed)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stages)
- **stance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stance)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stakes)
- **staged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-staged)
- **sticky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-sticky)
- **storey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-storey)
- **stared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stacey-vs-stared)

## Common misspellings (9)
`satcey`, `sstacey`, `staccey`, `staceyy`, `stacye`, `staecy`, `stcaey`, `sttacey`, `tsacey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stacey