Meaning and background
The story behind Maci
Maci is a modern English spelling of Macy, pronounced “MAY-see”. The Macy family is surname-derived, traced by a name reference through French towns called Massy to a Gallo-Roman personal name Latinised as Maccius. The spelling with a final i does not supply a separate ancient meaning. It is the clipped two-syllable pronunciation, rather than any implied description of a dog, that gives the name its day-to-day appeal.
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Maci appears in 10 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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