Given name
Darcie
“a dark beauty”
Darcie is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Darcie has a related form in 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
Darcie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,753
- 0 boys · 5,753 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 211 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,533 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,533 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 50.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 211 in 1971. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,009 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.
Darcie’s family of names
In English usage, Darcie has a related form in Darcy. Darcie has a related form in Darcy. Darcie has a related form in Darci.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 32
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Darcyvariant · English
- Darcivariant
- Darceyvariant
- Dorsievariant
- Dorsivariant
- Dorseyvariant
- Dorcievariant
- Dorcyvariant
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- Darayvariant
- Darcellevariant
- Darsievariant
- Darseyvariant
- Daricevariant
- Darciavariant
- Darchellevariant
- Darcellvariant
- Darcelvariant
- Darceevariant
- Darrcylikely variant
- Dorceahvariant
- Dorceavariant
- Darceahvariant
- Darceavariant
- Dorseevariant
- Dorsyvariant
- Dorceevariant
- Dorcivariant
- Dorceyvariant
- Darseighvariant
- Darseevariant
- Darceighvariant
- D'Arcyvariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Darcie
- Darcie DohnalShort-track speed skaterborn 1972
- Darcie Mortonborn 1999
- Darcie Little BadgerAmerican speculative fiction writer (born 1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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