Darcey?

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Hi
Trying to finalise a girls name, I thought we were set on Nancy but Dh likes Darcey now as well. Do you like it or know many?

Heard of two Darceys, lovely, feminine name

Yes. It is super popular, especially if you add up all the spelling variations; Darcy, Darcey, Darcie. Popularity isn't why I'm not a fan though.

You see it hyphenated a fair bit too lately. E.g. Darcie-Rae, Darcey-Lee etc

I know 2 female Darcey's and 1 male Darcy, all under 6.

I like it for a girl but not a boy.

Much nicer than Nancy IMHO.

I know an American Darcey in her 30s. It suits her but I'm not a fan of the name. Or any surname as first name names!

I'd avoid Darcey. It's very 'now' and in twenty years time might have suffered the same fate as Tracey.

Stick with Nancy, a lovely name!

I think it's quite dated (excusing the Jane Austen connection), very 90s.

I don't know any! Male or female. Whereas I know several Nancys.

I think its awful, and too popular for my taste.

The new Tracey even sounds very similar !

I like it!

Nancy has way more class and tradition.

I know a couple of little ones but I waaaaaaaaaaaaaay prefer Nancy.

I think calling a little girl Darcy is about as a feminine, as calling a little girl John. It's nice as a boy's name however.

Much prefer Nancy

I do know several little girls called Darcey. Agree with Babylove it seems better as a boys name 'Darcy' IMHO.

Nancy is much better, darcey has become a bit chav, several previous threads on the name probably worth a read. Agree it's the new Tracey. Darcey bussell very classy lady though, but that is despite the name rather than because of it.

Agree with pp opinions, Nancy is a beautiful name though. I've only met one and she's a lovely little girl so could be biased.

On the face of it I think it's a lovely name however round my neck of he woods it's a pretty common name for girls aged about 4 and under (along with Amelia, Eva and Ava..) which puts me off slightly.

When it came to naming I found DH wasn't as bothered as I was about it being a popular name at that moment in time. So do what the two of you want!

Nancy is lovely

Last 3 girls I know born were Darcy, Darcey and Darcie :)

hmm lots to think about then, maybe it will be Nancy after all x

Remember that Darcey is only one of Bussell's middle names (she's Marnie really).

I love Darcie don't listen to all the negative comments you will get them everywhere! I prefer darcie over Nancy :)

Darcie is a terrible spelling.
Though some bright sparks favour and actually use D'Arcy (I forgot that one), which is probably closest to the source of the surname, but oh so awful as a first name, pretensions of aristocracy or suchlike.

I love it. I don't know any babies or children called Darcey so I wouldn't have thought it was as popular as its being made out to be.

Another negative comment :/ does it matter how the op spells it I just spelt it how it came up on my phone okay then Darcey is a lovely name