Variant of Darcy, from the Norman French surname d'Arcy meaning from Arcy, a place in northern France. Carried into English-speaking cultures through the Irish Darcy family.
Nicknames
darc · darcie
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Feels lightly retro; peaked in the UK and Australia in the 1970s-1980s.
The cultural moment.
Common in the UK and Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, now infrequent for new births.