# I named my baby 'Darcy' **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2007, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866 "2007-03-14T10:18:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/21 "2007-03-14T22:20:11Z")
[QUOTE=Bridget Burke] **blinkingblinking** ’s previous thread asked for advice on baby names. I’m sure that someone will post a link, eventually. [/QUOTE] [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=408583) Many people there did not like the name. ---
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/22 "2007-03-14T22:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] This thread sort of confuses me. I’m wondering what you expect. Do you simply want everyone to come in and say “What a nice name?” Or do you really want someone to say, “How could you name your kid that?!” If you simply want to spread your joy concerning your new child, why focus on the name? Congrats on your child, and I’m glad you like the name you’ve chosen. The only Darcy I know personally is a female german shepherd. [/QUOTE] This is MPSIMS. Say whatever you like. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/23 "2007-03-14T22:34:39Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] **Dangerosa** - When his given name is Fitzwilliam, even though it’s a family name, wouldn’t that be his first name? It’s an old Southern tradition, for example, to give a child the mother’s maiden name as a middle name. In fact, although we aren’t southern, my brother carries my mother’s maiden name as his middle name. And someone really wanted to name their child after that dastardly Willoughby, despoiler of virgins? You might as well name him Snidely Whiplash! StG [/QUOTE] Yes, Fitzwilliam is his first name, but was his mother’s last name. My cousin has a son whose first name is her maiden name. My husband has a cousin who has a family name as a first name. It isn’t uncommon, but a lot of purists would say it should be your own family name in order to use it as a first name, not the family name of a fictional book character. But, they are your kids, name ‘em what you want. We considered "punkinhead’ but decided it wouldn’t age well. I’m not fond of Darcy as a boys name, but suspect that its more cultural than anything - names ending in long e’s for boys are rather diminuative in the U.S. and have that “not aging well” problem. Apparantly, that’s less of an issue in Australia. Besides, I’m a huge P&P fan, but like most Austen heros, Darcy was a stiff. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/24 "2007-03-14T23:40:26Z")
[QUOTE=Snooooopy] I can’t say that I, as a dude, would be wild about being named Darcy. But what do I know about name popularity in Australia? [/QUOTE] And yet again, I suddenly find Americans saying, “Hey, that’s a GIRLS’ name!” It happened to me. First name Andrew, but called Drew by family. Always been a strong, traditional male name until that Drew whatshername teenflick person came along. Well bugger that, I was here first! And now Darcy! First I’ve heard of it. The average Darcy, in my experience, will be a working class man of about retiring age. A big guy, heavily wrinkled from years of whisky and tobacco, but a full head of grey hair, still as strong as an ox, and with hands the size of steaks which, at close to seventy, he’d still be able to throttle you with if you told him he had a girls’ name. Anyway, it’s a fantastic name for a little boy. I like the old-fashioned ones, although most people doing the “let’s chose an old-fashioned name” thing don’t get very creative and stick with things like “Jack”. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/25 "2007-03-15T00:08:59Z")
Great choice and congratulations!! I love the name. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/26 "2007-03-15T00:47:35Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] The average Darcy, in my experience, will be a working class man of about retiring age. A big guy, heavily wrinkled from years of whisky and tobacco, but a full head of grey hair, still as strong as an ox, and with hands the size of steaks which, at close to seventy, he’d still be able to throttle you with if you told him he had a girls’ name. [/QUOTE] Oh, throttling me is not a very impressive feat. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/27 "2007-03-15T01:03:25Z")
I like it, and I haven’t even read P&P! It’s different, but in my mind works much better as a boy’s name than for a girl, so not too unusual. Good choice, IMHO! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/28 "2007-03-15T01:19:35Z")
I’ve heard it used twice in the last six months for newly born children - BOTH girls. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/29 "2007-03-15T01:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=blinkingblinking] [Darcy](http://blinkingblinking.blogspot.com/2007/03/darcy.html) [/QUOTE] squeeeeeeeee!(a very soft squee so’s not to wake the baby, of course.) What a handsome fellow! And a hot mama (?), if you don’t mind me saying so. She looks fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/30 "2007-03-15T02:12:18Z")
I only know one Darcy, he’s a guy - about 38 years old However, for some STRANGE reason, his parents named him D’Arcy. I don’t get it - their other kids’ normal names are spelled normally … ---
**Author:** ![Grey\_area](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/31 "2007-03-15T02:34:22Z")
D’arcy’s a common alternate form, I’m fairly certain. Closer to the original surname I imagine. I personally like the name. It sounds classy as a male name, but I could see why someone may think it’s effeminate. I personally don’t think so, and for me brings to mind a handsome, well-groomed man. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/32 "2007-03-15T03:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=Stainz] I only know one Darcy, he’s a guy - about 38 years old However, for some STRANGE reason, his parents named him D’Arcy. I don’t get it - their other kids’ normal names are spelled normally … [/QUOTE] I knew a guy who named his kid D’arcy. He said D’arcy’s first word was ‘apostrophe’. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/33 "2007-03-15T03:59:09Z")
[QUOTE=blinkingblinking] I thought through this for about 5 months. My wife and family are very happy with the name. Everyone I tell thinks it is a nice name. My baby boy seems happy with the name too. The name came to me from ‘Pride and Prejudice’. [/QUOTE] I thought you might have been a John Denver fan. Although he didn’t write it, “Darcy Farrow” was one of his best recordings and tremendously popular in concert. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/34 "2007-03-15T04:16:24Z")
He can always go by Dar later if he wants. I once had a bunny named D’Arcy. ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/35 "2007-03-15T04:32:54Z")
What an adorable little man he is, **blinkingblinking**. That is an impressive head of hair! Congratulations to you and your wife. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/36 "2007-03-15T04:39:52Z")
So how is little Darce doing? He looks adorable. ---
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/37 "2007-03-15T11:30:48Z")
Is that a common name in Austrailia for boys (or girls)? The only Darcy I can remember is someone I knew in the 80’s - same as a previous poster. I know here in the USA, the other kids would pick on a boy named Darcy. As I’m not familiar with names in Australia I don’t know if it would be a problem for your son at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/38 "2007-03-15T13:56:37Z")
Cute kid. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/39 "2007-03-15T14:51:38Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] And yet again, I suddenly find Americans saying, “Hey, that’s a GIRLS’ name!” It happened to me. First name Andrew, but called Drew by family. Always been a strong, traditional male name until that Drew whatshername teenflick person came along. Well bugger that, I was here first! And now Darcy! First I’ve heard of it. The average Darcy, in my experience, will be a working class man of about retiring age. A big guy, heavily wrinkled from years of whisky and tobacco, but a full head of grey hair, still as strong as an ox, and with hands the size of steaks which, at close to seventy, he’d still be able to throttle you with if you told him he had a girls’ name. Anyway, it’s a fantastic name for a little boy. I like the old-fashioned ones, although most people doing the “let’s chose an old-fashioned name” thing don’t get very creative and stick with things like “Jack”. [/QUOTE] The overwhelming majority of Drews in the U.S. are males. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-named-my-baby-darcy/395866/40 "2007-03-15T15:44:35Z")
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