Given name & surname
D'Arcy
“having dark features”·“a dark beauty”
D'Arcy is a variant of Darcy. One interpretation is “having dark features.” D'Arcy is a variant of Darcie. One English interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
D'Arcy is a variant of Darcy. One interpretation is “having dark features.” D'Arcy is a variant of Darcie. One English interpretation is “a dark beauty.”
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Where it comes from
D'Arcy is a variant of Darcie. An origin associated with Darcie is English.
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The story
D'Arcy is a variant of Darcy. The history of Darcy gives this family its wider story. Darcy began as a surname associated with Arcy in northern France. Darcy’s familiar literary connection is Mr Darcy in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; the surname has also been used as a first name.
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D'Arcy’s family of names
D'Arcy has a related form in Darcy. D'Arcy has a related form in Darcie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named D'Arcy
- D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonScottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar (*1860 – †1948)
- D'arcy WretzkyAmerican bassistborn 1968
- D'Arcy CardenAmerican actress and comedianborn 1980
- D'Arcy ShortAustralian cricketerborn 1990
- D'Arcy Corriganactor (1870-1945)
- D'Arcy CoulsonCanadian ice hockey defenceman (1908-1996)
- D'Arcy Boultonheraldic artistborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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