Given name & surname
Clancey
“a lighthearted woman”
Clancey is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a lighthearted woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a lighthearted woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Clancey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 71 boys · 23 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234 as a first name in 2020; 813 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Clancey’s family of names
Clancey has a related form in Clancy. Clancey has a related form in Clancy. Clancey has a related form in Clancea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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