Given name
Dulcie
“a very sweet woman”
Dulcie is a variant of Dulce. One Latin interpretation is “a very sweet woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dulcie is a variant of Dulce. One Latin interpretation is “a very sweet woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dulcie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,647
- 0 boys · 1,647 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,193 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,193 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 945 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.
Dulcie’s family of names
Dulcie has a related form in Dulce. In English usage, Dulcie has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Dulce.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Dulcie
- Dulcie SeptemberSouth African anti-apartheid activist (1935–1988)
- Dulcie GrayActress, singer, writer (1915-2011)
- Dulcie CooperAustralian-born American actress1903–1981
- Dulcie HowesSouth African ballet dancer (1908–1993)
- Dulcie Ethel Adunola OguntoyeEnglish-born Nigerian jurist1923–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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