Maci
Meaning
variant of Macy, an English surname from towns called Massy in France (a Gallo-Roman name Latinized as Maccius)
The story
Maci is Macy with the i, the spelling the current records lean toward, and Macy is an English surname from towns called Massy in France, themselves from a Gallo-Roman personal name Latinized as Maccius. So the cheerful modern spelling sits on two thousand years of paperwork. The records show the i-form arriving late and fast: about 27 girls in the 1970s, about 1,800 in the 1990s, about 4,300 in the 2000s, then about 12,200 in the 2010s before settling to about 2,900 so far this decade. Behind the Name notes the parent spelling got its television push in 1989, when Macy Alexander joined The Bold and the Beautiful, and the department store has kept the sound on American main streets since 1858. Maci is the swap-one-letter kind of variant: same sound, same Roman name at the root, a slightly softer signature.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maci peaked in the 2010s.
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Popularity in Brazil
58 people · the #60,128 first name in Brazil · median age 46
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Maci
Most people given the name Maci in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Maci deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Maci truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Maci fits with your family’s names and surname.
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