ATDTDA (17): Tace Boilster (479.7)

[Tim Strzechowski]

"Tace Boilster dropped over, mostly to sit and smoke cigarettes without having to go through a whole bible lesson about it at home" (p. 479).


The girl's name Tacy \t(a)-cy\ is pronounced TAY-cee. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "silence". May also be intended as a short form of Anastacia. Initially used as a given name by the Society of Friends, the Quakers.

Tacy has 6 variant forms: Tace, Tacey, Tacia, Tacie, Tacitha and Tacye.

For more information, see also the related name Stacy. 

Baby names that sound like Tacy are Dacy, Tasya, Tasa, Dacey, Dace, Daicy and Tais. 

Tacy is a very rare female first name and a popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). 

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Tacy


One example of a woman named Tace:
 
[...] Tace Sowle was born in around 1665, the daughter of Andrew [1628-1695] and Jane Sowle [d 1711], both printers of London. Although businesses such as printing were officially carried on only by men, in practice women took a full share in the work, particularly if they were widows of printers or came from a printing family. [...]
 
http://quip.quaker.org/tsowle.htm