Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Lacey
/LAY · see/
Meaning
“Cheerful”
From the Norman French place name Lassy in Normandy, brought to England after the Conquest; originally a surname, adopted as a feminine given name in the 20th century.
Nicknames
lace
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1990s in the US and Australia; feels pleasantly soft but slightly dated.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US and Australia through the 1980s-2000s; still given but declining.