Darkchild (Rodney Jerkins, born 1977), is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter.

Darkchild or similar terms may also refer to:

Darkchild (novel), by Sydney J. Van Scyoc Magik, a Marvel Comics character, known as Darkchild, or (the) Darkchilde The Dark Child, an alternate title for Camara Laye's autobiographical French novel The African Child (French: L'Enfant noir) "Dark Child", an episode of the 1995 TV series The Outer Limits

See also Darkchylde, a comic book character