Stacey

My twin-sister's name is Stacey and (this is gonna be my opinion) but I don't really like how this is spelled compared to say "Stacie". This name feels too "surname" like instead of a diminutive.

My name is Stacey and I have always liked it. My Parents were ahead of the Stacey curve - as I was born in 1960. Stacey is a character who was introduced as Barbie's friend in 1968. Stacey as a girl's first name got a great deal more popular after this happened. I've never met a Stacey who was older than me - but I've met a few that were born in/around 1970. I was the only Stacey in my school (about 400 in my class). However, my whole life older people call me Tracey - which doesn't really bother me - I just answer to it. I don't mind the nickname "Stace", but I'm always a bit surprised when people who barely know me call me that - a lot of my Family and close Friends call me that and I'm good with it, but seems a little too familiar as an acquaintance. I introduce myself as Stacey - so not sure why someone would shorten it. As for the name denoting someone who is "ditzy" or "silly", I don't think of it that way and have never had anyone treat me as such. I'm college educated and held exempt, managerial positions most of my working career. I've never wanted any other name, so I'm good with it!

Stacey is a very beautiful name. I have a very pretty friend named Stacey. Stacey is good for the nickname Stace. I love this name and I think it is very beautiful.

Dislike. Anastasia is way nicer.

This name is pretty. I like this spelling more than Stacy. Stacie is a good spelling too. Stace is a cute nickname.

I love this variant. Honestly, I can think of another way to spell it.

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Stacie- Eww,feminine
Stacy- Incomplete
Staycee- Looks weird
Stasy- Stass...ee?

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I love this name because Stacey McGill from the Babysitters Club spells it this way and she's my fave character in it.

I prefer this name a lot more than I do Stacy. The E kind of makes it complete!

Better than Stacy.

Just boring! Stacey, like really? Sounds more like some short version of another name, but so childish as fa ull name. So much better names than this. I don't like it.

Very millennial sounding.

My name is Stacey. It’s just okay. There are definitely worse names but also other names I would prefer to have been named. I think it is odd to be older and have a name that ends with an I or a Y. I now feel like it’s a name that is dated which also dates me. Definitely not a timeless name. Nobody is naming babies Stacey anymore. I disagree with others on here who say the name is trashy. I think the name has always been portrayed as a person who is ditzy and outgoing in television and movies.

My name is Stacey. I never liked it much when I was a child I always preferred Stephanie. But now I like the name. I'm NEVER the only Stacey in the room and I think that's pretty dope. Once I met another Stacey we had the same first name and birthday. Also, the fact that Stacey is so evenly written is hella satisfying if I do say so myself.

Born in 1970, I did not know anyone else with the name Stacey except for Mike Hammer, actor. In high school, I was one of 3 Stacey's and two of us had the same first and middle name. I personally have not liked the name because anything with the name was always spelled for Stacy or Stacie.

My name is Stacey and I have grown to like my name. I've only known one other girl whose name was Stacey and she was a great girl. The only complaint is when teachers say "Stay-seated" because for a split second I think they are yelling out my name. The best part is that when people first meet me they call me "Stacey", but I can tell when I have become more of their friend because they start calling me "Stace".

My name is Eduardostacy, no spaces. My parents both wanted to name me something different so they just merged the two names and I sound like a dork. Everywhere I go people make fun of me.

I think the name Stacey is very unique and lively. If you look up the definition of it, you will find some really cool stuff about it. I really like the name Stacey, because I am the only person in my school with the name. And I think I’m also the first. Only a couple of my friends know someone with my name. I know no one with it. I know there is a lot of bad crap about the name Stacey on TV and stuff, but it doesn’t mean it really is.

I might have left a negative comment about this name a long time ago. I've grown up since then. Sorry for putting down your name, Stacey. It's a fine name and your name has nothing to do with what kind of person you are.

I do like Anastasia as a full name with Stacey as a nickname, but I don't like Stacey or Stacy as a full name. I do like the spelling Stasie or Stasy if it is short for Anastasia. Eustace has never been a favorite of mine, really.

My name is Stacey and growing up I always disliked my name thinking it was so boring and just quite a forgettable name, I remember even being (secretly) jealous of my sister's name (Nikky) and always wanted to be called something different and cool, something that stood out but as I've gotten older it has grown on me and now I don't mind it at all because I feel it isn't too common, I only know of two other Stacey's and it isn't a name you hear of much, well not where I live anyway, I'd certainly rather be a Stacey than a Rachel or Sarah which I think everybody could probably say they have known or encountered and I don't think you could say the same about the name Stacey.

A lovely name and not trashy at all like some people are saying. Ace is a great nickname for it. Stacey is a character in a goofy movie sometimes misspelled as Stacy. Also, Stacy is a character in Phineas and Ferb.

Reading some of these comments is just ridiculous. I'm a man named Stacey. School was interesting, but it's made me into the man I am today. I still get the odd comment, but I laugh them off now. Same as above, a name doesn't give you the personality you have. I love my name, I'm lucky to have it, and I wouldn't change it for any other!

My name is Stacey and I absolutly hate it with a passion, ever since "Stacey's Mom" and "My Name is Stacey" yes I was bullied and abused by these songs so think that's the reason I hate it, but by no means am I trashy! Yes everyone can have an opinion but you don't have to be so rude about a name! Not my fault, if I could change it I would! But it is my name so have to deal with it!

Lol, the criticism comments are hilarious. Not all Stacey's are trashy, I love my name a lot. Got only good compliments on my personality and how honest I am, with enough strength to handle any situation that crosses my path. I am faithful to my husband and my kids adore me. I am a very beautiful woman with red tint in my hair and freckles, So I guess the red hair makes me a natural *****h, so haha. So please don't judge someone by their name.

I don't think Stacey is that bad but what is bad is everybody who judges people by their name.

My name is Stacey (though I spell it Staci). I think it's a nice enough name, though it's always been a bit boring for my liking. I've known a few in my life, though not enough for me to feel like 'one of many'. I recognise that it is often seen as a bimbo name, but of the Staceys I've met in real life, and including myself, only one has ever fit the stereotype and none have been blonde. Your perception of a name is always going to be influenced by people you know with that name. I think Staci suits me, and I'm no trashy, low-class blonde bimbo.

Funny how the people slating the name 'Stacey' have done so anonymously. Clearly your name isn't that great either or you'd use it and be proud of the name chosen for you by the people who gave you life. There's good and bad in all people and it has absolutely nothing to do with what they are called. I was named after the midwife who saved mine and my mother's lives during childbirth. That doesn't automatically make me an amazing, life-saving person like she was; nor does the name Stacey make me anything like you describe. Use your opinions more wisely in future.

My name is Stacey and I really love my name. My close friends and family call me Stace which I like. I have no idea why people say it is a trashy name as a name does not make someone trashy, it's the way they act and an intelligent person would know that! :)

My name is Stacey and I feel rather offended that people are basically saying that people with the name Stacey are trashy, cheap tack, and all other kind of crap. I am not dumb and neither are other Stacey's I know, and we're not any of the other descriptive words people use. Fair enough there are bad Staceys out there but we're not all like that and people shouldn't get put into that category. I think it's wrong that some people are discriminating people who are called Stacey and other names, it's not right at all. I personally love the name. I think it's a unisex name. It's a very popular boys name in the south of the UK but where I'm from it's usually girls like me.

My name is Stacey Peralta... like the legendary pro skateboarder Stacy Peralta. However, he's a dude and I'm a chick. I probably wouldn't choose the name Stacey for a girl/boy myself. But, unknowingly, my parents made a great choice. I never knew when I'd grow up and boys lost their cooties, that most of them wouldn't forget my name. So to me the name Stacey... anyway spelled, works for me. Of course because it's also followed by a great last. :)

This was my dear close friend's mother's name. I'll always attribute this name with the qualities of her lovely character. :) It's a name that someone would grow into.

I like this spelling the best. Stacey is an ok name.

I agree that it could sound trashy, but the Stacey I know is very intelligent and went to college a year early, and a really modest, pretty, kind, Christian girl.

I find it odd that so many people have such a negative view of Stacey. I've known several Stacey's (or Stacie in one instance), and they were all perfectly nice and respectable people. I've had more problems with Jennifer's, but you won't find me bad-mouthing the name.

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I've always thought of Stacy as the masculine spelling (because of actor Stacy Keach and a male character on the "Dick Van Dyke Show") but it is a personal choice.

My name is Stacey and I think it's unfair to judge anybody's personality or character by their name. Just because the Stacey you know is trashy doesn't mean everyone with that name is. Same with stripper or wannabe cheerleader blonde bimbos. I'm not a stripper, a wannabe or a cheerleader however what's wrong with cheerleading? I've met some snotty, bratty, cheerleaders but again that doesn't mean they all are. I'm also not blonde but a redhead and this "bimbo" has been on honor roll every quarter for 8 years. Thank you very much. However I don't see it as a boys name. And it's not too common for a girl. I'm the only one I know and people tell me my name is beautiful.

My name is Stacey and whilst my initial reaction to people slagging my name off is "How dare you, you B*$!*^£s!", I can see how the negativity towards the name has developed! I can assure you I do not fit the stereotype of the trailer-trash image most people seem to conjure up when thinking of this name and I would even go as far as saying I am happy with my name (I'm all for irony!)

I don't think Stacey is trashy at all, common YES! You may know some trashy Stacey's but that is the person for you, not the name. So don't judge a name by people you have met, with this name. My name is Stacey and I don't think I am a trashy blonde, I am actually brunette so your comments are wrong because I am not cheap either. So don't judge a name by it's person! If you don't like the name that your opinion.

I personally dislike it. It sounds like a stripper name to me. And honestly I really pity any guys named Stacey, school must have been hard for them.

Sounds like a barbie/cheerleader/wannabe/popular/blonde/bimbo.

Much better as a female than male name even though as a rule I would refuse to use surnames for a girls' name (no direspect intended, I am a girl and I have one myself, I just don't like how trendy it is). But if one were to name a boy Stacey, I think Stacey seems somehow more masculine than Stacy.

My own cousin's name is Stacey and she is a perfectly wonderful girl. Stacey is a beautiful name and NOT trashy.

Well excuse me if you think Stacey is too girlish. It's a boys name to. It doesn't sound 'girly' at all. It is more of a boys name in New Zealand and some parts of Australia.

To all those people criticising the comment about Stacey being a trashy name. We're allowed to have our opinions thank you very much. Stacey is in fact in my opinion a trashy and lower class name.

I think it's just a beautiful name for a girl, but it's just too feminine for a boy's name.

Stacey is a very beautiful name. Saying it's "trashy" is wrong and you should think about it before you call someone's name "trashy", how would you like it if somebody said that about your name?

It's nice, but I prefer the spelling Stacy. By the way, saying that Stacey is a "lower-class name" is just totally disrespectful and discriminative.

I do not like this name at all. I think it sounds so trashy and cheap. Everyone I know called Stacey/Stace/Staci have bad images. I hate this name.

My name is Stacey and as a child, I wanted to be called 'Clare' or 'Sarah' since that is what every other girl seemed to be called when I began school at the beginning of the '80's. Now that I am in my late 20's, I really like it. it is neither strange or typical!

I was very surprised to see that this name was pretty popular for boys in the '60s and '70s. I never knew it could be a boy's name. I like Stacey only as a nickname for Anastasia. I would not use it as a full name, but it is nice as a nickname for a girl. I can't imagine it on a boy. Maybe it's just me, but a man named Stacey sounds horrible.

I agree. Stacey is a gross name. It reminds me of Tracey which is also very hideous and cheap sounding.

This is one of my least-favorite names. Everyone girl and woman I have known with this name has been kind of lower-class and trashy.

Excuse me but LOWER CLASS? Who do you think you are? We do not live in the times where people were separated and put into classes and anyone who thinks a name defines who they are is just ridiculous. Stacey is traditionally a nickname for regal Russian names for example Anastasia and is not at all trashy, so what if you've known some bad people? I've met some good, some horrible people in my time and Stacey happened to be a surgeon and a head of a charity, also my friend's older sister who is amazingly beautiful, but considers modelling a waste of time in today's society.

This is a very pretty name. I am surprised it is so rarely used anymore.