Stacia Hookom is an American former snowboarder and the first woman named to the first U.S. Snowboarding team in 1994–1995 season, with multiple placements (including first) in the FIS Snowboard World Cup and the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix. She also has six national championship titles.
Also: Usage: Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, Czech, Slovak, PolishPronounced: STAY-zhə (English), STA-chya (Italian), STA-si-a (Swedish), STA-tsya (German, Czech, Polish)Meaning: Diminutive of ANASTASIA or form of STACY used in several languages.
Anastasia, Anastassia, Nastassia and various spellings originated in Greece/ Russia. The original pronunciations are with an ending of stah-see-ah except in Poland and Croatia where a single S is pronounced like an sh. The English pronunciation is stay-see-ah or stay-sha. It seems English speakers want to pronounce it how they want and get pissed at people pronouncing it the way the name's countries of origin pronounces them. Really nobody is wrong so give it a rest. My name is Stassia and it is pronounced Stah-see-ah and the nickname is Stassi pronounced stah-see. My parents are Italian Greek turkish.
My name is Stasia and I love the name, the best way to explain how I pronounce my name to people who are unfamiliar with it is "think of stay shut, and drop the t off the end." Stay-SHə.
I would imagine that one of the most common pronunciations of the name would simply be STAY-zhə, like the end of the full Anastasia - It is how I would want to pronounce it.
― Anonymous User 7/21/2009
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I'm afraid this name sounds bad if it isn't pronounced ''STAY-see-uh'', and that doesn't sound right either. Stacy sounds a bit too youthful in itself. I'd go for something else altogether.
My name. I adore it. It was either Stacia or Heather, and being born in the early 80s, it was most likely to be Heather. My mother, instead, chose to be creative and gave me the perfect name. Often mispronounced (people may think it's a typo, and there's really supposed to be an 'e' on the end), it is slightly more popular now. Or in any case, I find that people will say "I have a friend named Stacia." I've only met one other (who spelled hers Stasha). But I am very happy with my rare name.