title: Pacey
text: # Pacey
  
  Pacey is an English surname and given name variant of Passy, a French locational origin surname, itself derived from the Gallo-Roman Praenomen Paccius. The surname Pacey migrated to England during the 12th Century and eventually evolved also into a given name. Pacey, itself a variant, is associated also with "Passie" (but not "Passi"), "Peacey", and "Piosey".
  
  Notable people and characters with the name include:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Dave Pacey (born 1936), English footballer
  * Dennis Pacey (1928–2009), English footballer
  * Desmond Pacey (1917–1975), Canadian literary critic
  * Eric Pacey (born 1978), Canadian lacrosse player
  * Steven Pacey (born 1957), English actor
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Pacey Witter (born 1983), fictional character on Dawson's Creek
  