Darci
A girls’ name of Norman French origin, meaning from Arcy; dark; variant of Darcy.
Darci by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Darci. In the US, 22 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 241 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Darcy
Like Darci, each of these traces back to Darcy: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Darcie-Maivariant of Darcy; from Arcy; combination with Mai8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Darceedark; a modern respelling of Darcy3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Darcey-Leighdark with meadow; hyphenated form of Darcy and Leigh3 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Darci. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Darci, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Darci
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