Given name & surname
Darcel
“having dark features”
Darcel is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “having dark features.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “having dark features.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darcel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,371
- 131 boys · 1,240 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 71 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 10 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,182 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darcel’s family of names
Darcel has a related form in Darcie. Darcel has a related form in Darcell. Darcel has a related form in Darcelle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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