Anastasia, nickname Stacey

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It seems from the archive that everyone hates the name Stacey/thinks it's dated/chavvy.

It's a serious contender if we have a girl and I'm not convinced it is chavvy, though perhaps dated.

We have a "St..." surname and quite like the alliteration.

We would not use Stacey on it's own, and with Anastasia there would be the possibility of other nicknames too... Ana/Anya etc.

Anyone got strong opinions either way?

I can't believe no one has linked it to a real life princess but rather 50 shades or a film. Anastasia Romanov was the prettiest daughter of the Tsar of Russia, mischievous and cheeky and executed by the Bolsheviks in 1917. You can't get a better name, surely, if you love European history. I could learn to love Stacey as a nn but Anastasia is far more beautiful and 'characterful'. Never read/seen 50 shades obviously.

I love Anastacia its a beautiful name with lots of choice with nicknames. I personally would try out different nn once baby is born

I thought of the film anastacia which is one of my favourites from childhood.

I love Anastasia and Stacey.

I have a cat called Anastasia (after the Russian Grand Duchess) I call her by her full name but my dad calls her Anna.
Stacey would never have occurred to me as an abbreviation.

To me Stacey is a standalone name not a nn.

I have nothing helpful to add but I am and that reading the babysitters club as a kid makes me a surely not??

I also knew someone called Stacey once who was a horrible chavvy bully

Thanks Mermaid I thought it was maybe some urban expression that had passed me by!

Wow. This board has a lot of traffic. I guess we're not really sure, but it would have a lot of options in terms of nicknames and we wouldn't need to decide that straight away? It's useful to hear everyone else's take.

Personally, I'm keen to avoid names from our generation in case they do seem dated, just didn't think Stacey was that popular in our generation (I only know one).

Anastasia is the kind of timeless classic we'd be looking for, but I worry it would be too fussy on it's own.

I used to love it, it's a beautiful name, one of my favourites, until that bloody Fifty Shades crap exploded everywhere, now I'd be mildly concerned that people would think the baby was a result of a unprotected session in a sex dungeon.

This needs careful consideration.

temp are you in the north east?

We have an Anastasia in our family (I have Russian relatives) but it's not pronounced in a way that would lend itself to Stacey because the 's' is pronounced more like a 'z'. Apparently the normal Russian diminutive is Nastya.

I didn't even realise Stacey could be a form of Anastasia.

Asya is another Russian diminutive of Anastasia. (Pr. AAS-ya, not Aas-EE-ah.)

Stacey is terribly dated imo.

There is a Latin form of the name, Anastatia (pr Anastaysha), that was used quite a lot in Ireland, and hence the Staysha NN.

I think Staysha is far nicer as a NN even for the Anastasia version, or Tasia (Tass-EE-ah) if you use the European 'ana-stas-EE-ah' pronunciation, (as opposed to Anna-STAY-zha, which is more common in the UK and US.)

Staysha was the NN I had in mind for my own DD but she chose a NN herself based on the Ana part of her name when she was a toddler, and it stuck. Anstey was another NN I was considering -- it's an Irish and very old English NN for Anastasia and Anastatia. It would have amused my dad, who loved the book 'The Tailor and Ansty' by Eric Cross.

Anstice is another old English version.

I knew a girl called Anastacia who was known as Zea. Personally I would call her Anastacia and see what nickname (if any) naturally occurs. My DD1 is known by her full name but DD2 has a nickname which evolved from DD1's mispronounciation and we would NEVER have thought to use it (it fits and is lovely though).

Ana-sta-SEE-ah or Ana-STAY-sha, though (Russian vs Brit pronunciation respectively)? Much prefer first, and really like Stacey.

Whoa, Math beat me to it

Or is it Ana-STAR-zee-ah

Anastasia is a beautiful classic, Russian name.

Stacey is a harsh spiky name with very definite connotations.

Ana, Anya - lovely but tansy is utterly fabulous :-)

Zakken beat me to it. Agree that Stacey is a harsh, chavvy name and doesn't match Anastasia.

I am an Anastasia, my nickname has always been Stacy or Stasia.

I'm just plain old Stacy.

I was born in the 80's and about 4 other Stacey/Staci/Stacie's the same age as me and 1 who is 3, none of us are "chavvy" or "nasty"

I wouldn't like to be called Anastasia though as its far to feminine for my personality but I like that I could pick and choose nicknames to suit my mood :o

Oooh math I love Asya!!

I also immediately thought of the BSC books!

Anastasia is nice, but I think you might get asked if she was a 50 Shades of Grey baby.

Also I think the 'St St' alliteration (am thinking Stacey Stone), sounds a bit porn-star-ish.

mathanxiety I thnk we have had a version of this conversation before - about the name's popularity in Cork and Kerry in the late 19th c...