Darcy? Girls or boys name or both?

[KLou1105]

I like the name Darcy for a girl, to go with dd Lottie. Thoughts please

Darcey Bussell's parents used it because of P and P apparently, but decided to 'feminise' it by adding an 'e'. Why she doesn't go by her real first name I don't know, because it's much nicer. Darcey is only a middle name.

Reminds me of Tracey.

My DD is a Darcy, I've loved it since the 90s when the Smashing Pumpkins had a (female) bass player named D'Arcy

Oh, and we get lots of positive comments on her name

I can kind of see it dating in similar way to Tracy too, Friendofbill. It's so popular with all the spelling variations combined.

Definitely for a girl. For the same reasons as HippyChickMama!

DD1's second choice name was Darcy - it's lovely.

I have a DD who is under 2 who is Darcy. I loved the name after hearing about Darcey Bussell (prior to her strictly fame). It is a slightly harsher sounding name than others but it really suited her especially when she was born with a full head of dark hair (as apparently it means girl with dark hair). I liked the Darcy spelling as opposed to the Darcey/ Darcie spelling even though it's the more traditional male version. I do joke that I will probably end up calling her Arsey Darcy as a teenager when she throws a strop.