Clancy
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning red-haired warrior or red warrior.
Clancy by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Clancy. In the US, 39 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clancy. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean red
Like Clancy, each of these has red in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
- Scarletscarlet cloth; bright red color783 in the US (2017)
- Scarlettebright red cloth; variant of Scarlett336 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Clancy, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clancy
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