What do you think of the name darcey?

[BusyBee86]

I have decided I love the name darcey for a girl....but how would you spell it? Darcey, Darcie or darcy?

[Onezerozero]

Where I live, Darcy/Darcey is dead common very popular but I do think it is a quirk. I don't really hear it much elsewhere.

[HeartsTrumpDiamonds]

Well I love it, but then again DD2 (6) is called Darcy

Please don't let it get as popular as Isabelle/Emma/Maya/Anya, one of the things I love about it is that it is a bit out-of-the-ordinary!

[Orangesarenottheonlyfruit]

Um, no Remus. It's my Dad's first name but is traced back to a maternal surname.
I love the idea that my Dad is chavvy, Kindness, I will have to pass that on to him.

[PostmanPatsBlackandWhiteCat]

I like Austin but it makes me think of an old wrestler

[TheKindnessOfStrangers]

I think it was different for your dad's generation Oranges. Names start out posh and elite then get appropriated by the masses.

[VBisme]

Oranges, why is your dad named after your mums family?

Do you live in a small rural community?

[Kendodd]

Oh dear, I have a Darcy, (age 8) she's the only one in the school, and the only one we know. I hope it doesn't become popular.

[TheKindnessOfStrangers]

Have just read that Darcy is Irish Gaelic and means "dark", and D'Arcy is derived from a Norman place name meaning "from Arcy". So there you go, both 'proper' names, but I still prefer Darcy.

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

No what? It may be your dad's first name, but as you say it's actually from an original surname. Interesting stuff about spellings here.

[PorkusEnormous]

Oranges, there are several variants of 'Darcy' - 'D'Arcy / Darsey / Darcey / Darsy'. And 'Darcie' is specifically a girls name and is French, unlike the former which are gaelic. there is no 'right spelling', there are several options, that is all.

[Happymum22]

Darcey and
Love it!

[OkayHazel]

Hate it with the e.

Hate it on a girl.

LOVE it on a boy.

[Mu1berryBush]

Beyond horrible.

Much prefer Dulcie

[popsicle1984]

Darcy, Darcey and Darcie are all near the top 100 so added together very, very popular!

[SomersetONeil]

D'Arcy as a male, family-originated name is one thing. To give it to a girl/woman is, I'd have thought, another matter altogether...

Darcy/Darcey/Darcie, while not my taste at all, are all perfectly legitimate female name spellings.

Darcey Bussell, f'instance......

[SomersetONeil]

I mean, it's like me coming on and saying, 'my name is Isobel. Take it from me - I should know - this is the ONLY spelling. Anyone who spells it differently is deluded and incorrect'.

Arrogant in the extreme...

[peanutMD]

I know a 3yo male Darcy and a 6yo female Darcey.

It is not a name I like but nor do I dislike.

There is no right way to spell one name.

[MysteryCat]

I love the name and had it on my list but DH vetoed it on the grounds that it 'sounded like a boy's name'. I think it's getting much more popular for girls though. Personally I would spell it Darcey for a girl.