Given name
Darence
“from the Clare river”
Darence is a form of Clarence. One Irish interpretation is “from the Clare river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In American use, Darence carries the interpretation “from the Clare river.” Darence is a form of Clarence. One Irish interpretation is “from the Clare river.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
How it developed
Darence is used as a form of Clarence.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Darence through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 19 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 7 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 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1994.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Darence’s family of names
Darence is a form of Clarence. Darence has a related form in Daron. Darence has a related form in Darance.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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