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 [ 2 syll. dar-cy, da-rcy ] The girl name Darcy is also used, though less often, as a boy name. It is pronounced DAARSiy KEY. 1: Darcy has its origins in the Old French language and it is used largely in English. The name Darcy means 'from Arcy'. Derived from the word arx with the meaning 'fortress'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name and the surname as a given name. See Darcy for more info. Forms of the name include the English names Darcel, Darsi, and Darsie. The spelling variants Darcee (English), Darcey (English), Darci (English), Darcie (English), and Darsey (English) are other forms of Darcy. 2: Darcy is of Irish Gaelic origin. In Ireland, the Gaelic surname O Dorchaidhe meaning 'descendant of the dark one' is often Anglicized as the similar-sounding D'Arcy, thus it could have been another source for the first name. Forms of the name include the English names Darcey, Darci, Darcie, Darsey, Darsi, and Darsie. Darcy is a rare baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1968, 0.038% of baby girls were named Darcy. It had a ranking of #349 then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then, and is currently used only on a very modest scale. Out of all girl names in its family, Darcy was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Darcy include the English Darcee, the English Darcey, the English Darsey, the English Darsi, the English Darsie, the English Darci, the English Darcie, the English and Greek Darice, the Czech Darka, the Indian Darsha, the English Dorcas, the English Dorice, the English, German, and Greek Doris, the English Dorise, the Czech, Polish, and Russian Dorka, the English Dorkas, the English Dorris, the Slavic Draga, the English Dreesa, and the English Dreesha. KEY: Pronunciation for Darcy: D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
