Nama grup, STAYC, adalah akronim untuk "Star to a Young Culture" dan dimaksudkan sebagaiuntuk "mencerminkan tujuan dari grup tersebut untuk mendominasi budaya pop".<ref name=hermantamar>{{cite web|last1=Herman|first1=Tamar|title=K-pop's STAYC, new six-member girl group with some familiar faces, are out to dominate Korean pop culture|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/bands/article/3110988/k-pops-stayc-new-six-member-girl-group-some-familiar-faces|website=South China Morning Post|date=23 November 2020|publisher=South China Morning Post|access-date=30 November 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129140537/https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/bands/article/3110988/k-pops-stayc-new-six-member-girl-group-some-familiar-faces|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref>
