Meaning and Origin of: Lacy

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Cheerful
  • Greek : Happy

Girl name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Lassy in Calvados, named from a Gaulish personal name Lascius (of uncertain meaning) + the locative suffix -acum. The surname is widespread in Britain and Ireland, but most common in Nottinghamshire. In Ireland the family is associated particularly with County Limerick.