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Macey

Girl name · 282 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Macey: 282 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 31 births in 2014.

Macey is a modern spelling variant of Macy, which originated as an English surname from the Old French personal name Mace or Mathé, pet forms of Matthew, giving it the meaning ‘gift of God’. It is also sometimes considered a phonetic variant of Maisie, the classic Scottish diminutive of Margaret, meaning ‘pearl’. While the first name Macey has no widely known historical bearers, the surname Macey appears in medieval English and Scottish records, and in recent decades the name has gained quiet popularity across Scotland as a stylish alternative to Maisie. Place connections are indirect: the name shares its etymological root with the city of Macau, derived from the goddess A-Ma. Notably, the spelling Macey has become more common than Macy in birth registers, reflecting a broader trend toward softer, more elaborate name forms.