Given name & surname
Darce
“having dark features”
Darce is a variant of Darcy. One interpretation is “having dark features.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Darce is a variant of Darcy. One interpretation is “having dark features.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Darce is a variant of Darcy. The history of Darcy gives this family its wider story. Darcy began as a surname associated with Arcy in northern France. Darcy’s familiar literary connection is Mr Darcy in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; the surname has also been used as a first name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Darce through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 0 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 6 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 girls is 6 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 149 as a first name in 2020; 270 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Darce, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Darcee
“having dark features” · “a dark beauty”
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“a dark beauty” · “having dark features”
>99% girls
Darsi
“having dark features”
>99% girls
Darsey
“having dark features” · “a dark beauty”
>99% girls
Pammie
“very strange” · “a woman who is as sweet as honey”
>99% girls
Ute
“wielding a spear of the elves” · “fortunate maid of battle”
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Darcie
“a dark beauty”
>99% girls
Sandee
“helper and defender of mankind”
>99% girls