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Darcey-Leigh

Gender
Girl
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls

Darcey-Leigh is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “from Arcy + wood, meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).

What does Darcey-Leigh mean?

French: Darcey + Leigh

“from Arcy + wood, meadow”

Joins Darcey (French, “from Arcy”) and Leigh (“wood, meadow”).

Meanings borrowed from Darcey and Leigh.

Is Darcey-Leigh a girl's or a boy's name?

Darcey-Leigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Darcey-Leigh in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 45% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Darcey-Leigh, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 girls.

Half of all the girls named Darcey-Leigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

2009Busiest: 7 in 20172025
Darcey-Leigh in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20233#5,929
20226#3,728
20215#4,148
20203#5,734
20194#4,904
20184#4,914
20177#3,395
20165#4,290
20155#4,294
20140–
20134#4,953
20124#5,058
20114#4,980
20100–
20095#4,141

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Darcey-Leigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/darcey-leigh, updated 20 October 2026.