Is it Darcey or Darcy?

[Pinkjenny]

Well, which is it? I think it's Darcey.

[LobstersLass]

Darcy

[ButtercupWafflehead]

No 'e'.

[Pinkjenny]

[KembleTwins]

Darcey Bussell has an 'e'

[KembleTwins]

Mr Darcy in P&P didn't.

[Pinkjenny]

KembleTwins - that's why I thought there was an 'e' in it.

[pixiestix]

I think it can be either. I knew a boy Darcy at school, but as you say Darcey Bussell has an "E".

[skyblu]

I would say;

Darcy for a boy
AND
Darcey for a girl

but maybe I'm just confusing the issue further

[Pinkjenny]

Thanks mrswoolf, very succinct explanation.

[vickyj52]

Hi i have a Darcie and do regret this spelling slightly as it often gets spealt wrong. At the time i just thought it looked nicer and was more girly.

i did always think Darcy was a boy

[HarrietToo]

The heroine of that well known book "A College Girl" (published 1908) is Darcie.

[NotEvenTheTrees]

Are you considering it PJ?

[Pinkjenny]

Yes, I am. Will find out whether dc2 is pink or blue on Thursday, and think Darcy/Darcey is my choice for a girl.

[NotEvenTheTrees]

Am practising it in a terrible Scouse accent as I type. Am spitting everywhere.

[Pinkjenny]

Ha ha, I have no idea who this is. But I will be asking my Dad to do the same, which is the litmus test we used last time, as you clearly know.

Stop with the namechanging and reveal yourself.

[scottishmummy]

sorry i hear darcey i want to prefix with arsey

can imagine hundred kids un the playground shouting arsey darcey

for record i think
Girl: darcey
Boy: Darcy

dislike the cutsey spellings darcie

[Pinkjenny]

Well his/her big sister will have the same problem with the shortened version of her name, which also rhymes with something unfortunate.

I'm not losing any sleep over it though. I do, however agree with your spellings, scottishmummy.

[scottishmummy]

quite right dont bother about what a bunch of strangers think of your names

you wouldnt chose names based on what strangers at bus stop think, so dont ask a bunch of anonymous burds on pc

or it might end up debated in DM

[Pinkjenny]

Hee hee, the fame!

For the record, I was only asking about the spelling. I know I'm a chav anyway, on account of being scouse. Dd's only hope is that her father is not.

[NotEvenTheTrees]

How very dare you. Me? A namechanger? I've been NotEvenTheTrees for hours.

Wouldn't worry about people rhyming names to be cruel. If a child wants to be cruel, it will do. Imaginative children, they'll find something. Even if your child is impeccably dressed, wonderfully named, there's always something. "Eugh, you've got hair on your head. Yuck, you're like a toilet brush" for example.

[NotEvenTheTrees]

Yes, PJ, utter chav.

Did nobody see the sequinned chav outfit/washing machine thread?

[Pinkjenny]

[3HotCrossBuns]

Good thread , DD1 is 2 weeks and Darcey with an "e" after much debate. Agree that without is more a surname/boys name. I know a couple of other Darcey's who are all with an "e" too.