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[Opinions] Darcy...
...for a girl. What say you? "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
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Certainly used for a girl, but it's male to me.
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I know two girls named Darcy, and one boy. Definitely more of a girl's name to me. I like it. And I have to really consider the name before I get any Pride and Prejudice vibes.
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Yea. It's not a favorite but I do like it, and I strongly prefer it on a girl. I don't have an easy time picturing a male Darcy unless he's actually a Fitzwilliam.I grew up knowing a Darcy, though she may have spelled it Darcie. It feels a little 70s/80s to me, but I wouldn't say it's truly dated.
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Not unusual. I mean don't get me wrong, I like it on a boy, but I don't really see it on a boy; and that's a big deal!
I met a young Darcy several years ago, she'd be about 7/8 now. :-)
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Not feminine enough. But too feminine for a boy. Like Avery.
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Never liked it but don't really know why. It sounds cheap and mouthy somehow, like somebody who'd crack her gum and her knuckles and talk through her nose and pretend to be bored with everything.
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I knew one. I don't very much like it. Nothing wrong with a girl named Darcy, but I don't favor the name in general.
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I think Darcey (spelled this way) for a girl is in the top 100 in the UK, it's a bit trendy and is maybe even starting to become a bit "chavvy". I don't like it for a boy either.
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Don't like it on either gender. Ballerina Darcy Bussell seems to have made it popular for girls. I don,t think it will stand the test of time.
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It's ok for a boy, but definitely not for a girl.
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No.I used to love it for a boy, and couldn't see it for a girl at all. Lately I've been finding it weak, but I still don't like it for a girl.
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I know a girl Darci, she's 2 and a half now. When I first heard, "Declan's mum had her baby, Darci!" the first words out of my mouth were, "A boy!" and then I was corrected. I'm not a huge fan of it on either gender personally. It does suit this little girl okay but I think there has probably been a bit of confusion similar to my example.
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No, no, no! Darcy is all male to me and very handsome imo.
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I say, yea.Darcy was one of my favorites for a long time. But then a friend who liked it even more, used it. So I had to put it in the "don't even think about it" zone. I forgot about it for a while. I guess it's a little dated, but was never popular enough to be severely dated. I think it would sound fashionable now.And, of course for a girl. I believe as a firstname it was used for girls first, and it's far more familiar as a girl name where I live. (On a guy, to me it seems like an embarrassing reference to a cheesy woman-written soap-opera character ... like Cullen or Gray. Ugh, not sexy. The male equivalent of Lolita. And anyway, it seems super self-consciously genderbending because of the frequency of Darcy on women.)

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no.no no no.I hate it. It makes me want to cry. Darcy is so handsome and masculine!!
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That's funny. All the Darcys/Darcis I have known were women.
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Not in Australia. I know about 5 boy Darcy's and 1 girl Darcy. It's in the top 100 for boys in Australia.
Australia seems to use names for their original gender a bit more than America. Riley and Ashley are also very popular names on boys here, as is Taylor and even Mackenzie and Emerson used commonly on boys.http://www.behindthename.com/name/darcy
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It's definitely flipped over here; I have never met a male Riley, Ashley, or Mackenzie. I knew a couple of male Taylors growing up, but that quickly went female. I have never met an Emerson, male OR female, but I have seen it BA's.IDK, I'm kind of surprised some people think Darcy is strictly masculine when it's only one letter away from Marcy. It sounds more feminine than Riley or Mackenzie to me, but po-TAY-toe, po-TAH-toe. :P

This message was edited 11/5/2014, 12:42 PM

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