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What does Darcy mean?

Darcy Pronunciation of Darcy as a boys' name (also used more commonly as girls' name Darcy) is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Darcy is "dark". Also a Norman place name, "from Arcy". Literary: Jane Austen named the haughty hero of "Pride and Prejudice" "Mr. Darcy", with connotations of Norman aristocracy. Also form of Darcel.

STARTS WITH Dar-

ASSOCIATED WITH irish, dark, norman, literary, hero

Variations

VARIANTS D'Arcy, Darcey, Darsey, Darsy

FEMININE FORM Dorcey

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Dancy, ..

(female) Darsa, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Darcy Jaxen (D.J.), ..

How popular is Darcy?

Darcy is an uncommonly occurring first name for men but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#6709 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Darcy entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its top rank of #949 in the U.S. during 1960-1969, but is not listed at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Darcy name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Darcy outside U.S.

Similar Names

Darcy is pronounced similarly to Darcio and Dorsey. Other recommended sound-alike names are Dabny, Dace, Dacey, Dack, Dacy, Daffy, Dagny, Dahey, Dahy, Daicey, Daicy, Daily, Daley, Daly, Danby, Dandy, Danny, Dar, Darach, Daran, Darbey, Darby, Dard, Darek, Darel, Daren, Daric, Darick, Darin, Dario, Darko, Daron, Darro, Darry, Darryl, Darryn, Dart, Darwyn, Daryl, Daryn, Davey, Davy, Day, Derby, Derry, Dirck, Dory, Dray, Jacy, Kacy, Lacy, Macy, Pearcy, Percy and Yancy. These names tend to be more commonly used than Darcy.

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