Macy
[ˈmeɪsi]Meaning
from an English surname, from French towns called Massy, from the Latinised name Maccius
Background Story
Macy comes from an English surname, which was taken from various towns in France called Massy; those towns were themselves derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Latinised as Maccius. The name was brought to public attention in 1989 with the character Macy Alexander on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. It is also the name of an American department store chain founded by Rowland Hussey Macy in 1858.
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