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It's kind of cute. Much better than Marcia, although I usually hate nicknames as given names. I had a friend in high school who had a cousin named Marcy, who was a child back then, but I never met the cousin as they lived a couple hundred miles away. Other than that, I've never known a Marcy.

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There is the Peanuts character, but that's not a bad association. Marcy has never been on my radar, but I wouldn't say I hate it.

I think it’s adorable and I’d use it in a heartbeat as a nickname for Marcella. I don’t have an explanation though really!

I dislike the name. It has always sounded uptight and like I should say it in a nasal/stuffy voice. I have one friend called Marci, and her name is a nickname for Marcella but even she hasn't been able to change my view on the name.

I've only known two of them. One was a girl who was briefly in middle school with me. She was from Boston and so she pronounced her name Mah-see. The other was a friend's mother, who'd be in her seventies now. Her full name was Marcelia.

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I don't like the name Marcy at all. It sounds mousy and pinched up and at the same time, it feels cheap. I don't understand why you've seen so many little Marcys lately.

My friend has a 3 year old niece named Marcy. I find it extremely unattractive and dowdy, although the ones I've known are not.

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I auppose if I think Nancy is due to return and Macy has been in it isn't surprising.

I'm pretty neutral on it...

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I don't dislike the sound, but I don't love names derived from Mars either.

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I've never met a Marcy, and I don't remember hearing of anyone in pop culture named Marcy, so it doesn't come across as dated to me.

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Mercy, Darcy, Marcelline, Marcella, Marley, and Mary are the first names I thought of in connection with it. I can see why it'd be associated with Nancy and Macy like Gracie mentioned, too. I don't think it'd be weird to meet kids named any of those.

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I also thought of Stacy, Tracy, Marsha, and Marlene in connection with it, which would seem weirder to me for a kid, but I had to reach for those.

This message was edited 4/25/2018, 11:15 AM

Three Marcys? I'd call that a rash.

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I'm ambivalent. I do get the "mousy" image from it pretty strongly. But then, I can also imagine it being a lot like Margot - kind of tidy and youthful, not delicate but not bold, with a good possibility of being accomplished.

This message was edited 4/25/2018, 11:47 AM

I associate this name with Marcy D'Arcy from "Married... with Children", which is not that great.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Married..._with_Children_characters#Marcy_D'Arcy