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What do you think of the name Darcy? Do you like it, and if so do you think it is better for males or females?
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I LOVE DARCY!!!! And it's totally masculine to me (Pride and Prejudice fan here). :)
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The only Darcy I 'know' is the one from Pride and Prejudice, so the name is male to me. I really have no opinion on it, I wouldn't use it, but it's ok for others.
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I love it for a girl.
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Adore it.
I love this on a boy - both because of P&P and because its a family name. Would totally consider using it as a first name, but it would probably be more likely as a middle.
I also love it on a girl, but i'd never use it on a girl. Its a total GP for me.
I love this on a boy - both because of P&P and because its a family name. Would totally consider using it as a first name, but it would probably be more likely as a middle.
I also love it on a girl, but i'd never use it on a girl. Its a total GP for me.
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It's ok but I prefer it for girls and prefer it as Darcey but it's a bit of a GP. I have a feeling that it's going to become very trendy in the next couple of years and that will probably put me off it.
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Interesting... in the States, it went through its "peak" in the 60s and 70s. Popped into #98 in N. Ireland last year for girls, but nothing for the boys. However, it's found its way into the Aus. stats for boys, but not girls this decade.
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I prefer it for a girl.
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The only Darcy I know is a professor of labour law in his 50s, happily married and the father of two. So, also taking the literary reference into account (you know the one I mean!), I find it comically bizarre on a girl. Luckily I haven't spotted one so far in South Africa, but cultural imperialism being what it is, it's probably only a matter of time.
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I don't like it. The name itself is annoying to me. It reminds me of Pride & Prejudice, which I thought was boring and stuffy.
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I like it okay; I like the sounds in it. It's not a personal favorite. I associate it with names like Darlene and Marcy - it seems to me to be in that retro style of sound. I knew a girl named Darcy when I was growing up, who was born about 1969. It was somewhat popular for girls in the US in the the sixties and seventies, so I think most people who are old enough to have encountered a few actual Darcys (in the US anyway) associate it as feminine. I think only the younger generation sees it as a "sexy sensitive man" name, mostly from the TV and movie P&P. I think that it is not very manly and would avoid giving it to a boy because only some male personalities can carry it off without it being a liability, IMHO. It is also vaguely pretentious and sassy given the P&P association and the surname-name aspect, and that is why it does not make my list. But it's not obnoxiously pretentious. I also know a toddler girl named Darcy, whose name was inspired by the Smashing Pumpkins bassist.
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It's the name of the protagonist in my most recent attempt at writing. :)
I like it for a girl character. I don't like it enough to actually consider using it on a real child. It sounds too feminine for a boy, imo.
I like it for a girl character. I don't like it enough to actually consider using it on a real child. It sounds too feminine for a boy, imo.
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i like the name Darcy for a boy, but i'm a huge pride & prejudice fan so that probably has something to do w/ it!
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It's ok. I'm somewhat neutral on the name itself, but I usually think girl before guy on it... though I think on a girl, it's a good idea to go w/ Darci in order to distinguish it as fem.
This message was edited 9/30/2010, 7:51 PM
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I like the sound of Darcy, but I think it's too feminine for a boy, and too masculine for a girl. It's got nowhere to go.
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