Darcy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled D'Arcy in IE Ireland, ZA South Africa, MA Morocco and 1 more.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Darcy is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name195K records spelled Darcy4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Also written D'Arcy, D’Arcy

• Spanish given name30K records spelled Darcy13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Peru, Colombia

  Also written D'Arcy, Därcy, Därcÿ, Dãrcy, Därçy

• French given name11K records spelled Darcy8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Congo - Kinshasa

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written D'Arcy, D’Arcy, D-Arcy, Dârçy, Darçy

• a separate given name9.6K records spelled Darcy4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written D'Arcy, D’Arcy, D'Arçy

• Hindi given name1.9K records spelled Darcy6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written D'Arcy, Darčy

• Arabic given name1.6K records spelled Darcy4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Canada

  Also written D'Arcy

• Chinese given name1.3K records spelled Darcy4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Taiwan, China

  Also written D'Arcy, Därçÿ, D’Arcy

• Vietnamese given name874 records spelled Darcy2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Vietnam, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written D'Arcy

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Darcy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Surname taken as a Christian name in Ireland from the Darcy family, of French place-name origin.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, Old French; place name, from a Norman family name.

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• A branch of the Darcy family - whose surname comes either from the placename of Arcy-Ste-Restitue or that of Arcy-sur- Cure — came to Ireland in the fourteenth century, and the surname was adopted as a Christian name there.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In Portuguese, a unisex given name of Brazilian usage, equivalent to English Darcy

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A Norman baronial surname from Old French.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 108 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Darcy Hadfieldb. 1889NZNew Zealand rower (1889–1964)
• Darcy Ribeirob. 1922BRBrazilian politician and academic (1922-1997)
• Darcy Richardsonb. 1955USAmerican historian and writer
• Darcy DeMossb. 1963USAmerican actress
• Darcy LaPierb. 1965USAmerican actress
• Darcy Fehrb. 1974CACanadian actor
• D'Arcy Cardenb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and comedian
• Darcy Dolce Netob. 1981BRBrazilian footballer and manager
• Darcy Kuemperb. 1990CACanadian ice hockey goaltender
• Darcy Rose Byrnesb. 1998USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,026 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Darcy?

We estimate roughly 31 thousand people bear Darcy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Darcy have the most bearers?

Darcy is most frequently recorded in Australia, where it is most often spelled darcy.

How common is Darcy compared with other names?

In Australia, Darcy is the 456th most common given name of 197,734 given names recorded there.

Is Darcy a male or female name?

Darcy is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Darcy mean?

Recorded meaning: from (de) Arcy, northern France, or from Irish Gaelic O Dorchaidhe ‘descendant of the dark person’