D'arcy (name)
D'arcy [Darcy] (or variant forms Darci or Darcey), lit. "From Arcy" is a surname from the town of Arcy in La Manche. Becoming very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England, while more popular as a surname, it does have some popularity as a given name. Derived given names include girls names like Darcene. The surname is also applied as an anglicization for the Gaelic surname Ó Dorchaidhe. Notable people with the name include:
Surname[]
- Antoine d'Arcy, (d. 1517), French soldier, sieur de la Bastie.
- Charles d'Arcy, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
- Gordon D'Arcy, Irish rugby union player
- Hugues d'Arcy (d. 1352) and the d'Arcy family of French Roman Catholic bishops, related to lords of Arcy-sur-Cure, Burgundy, France
- James D'Arcy, British actor
- John Michael D'Arcy, American Roman Catholic bishop
- John D'Arcy (1785–1839), Founder of the town of Clifden, Connemara, Ireland
- John P. D'Arcy electrical engineer and inventor, formerly married to Meredithe Stuart-Smith, founder of lifestyle company .
- Martin D'Arcy, Roman Catholic priest and public intellectual
- Nick D'Arcy, Australian Swimmer
- Patrick D'Arcy, Irish nationalist and politician during Irish Confederate Wars
- Ray D'Arcy, Irish television and radio presenter
- Sarah D'Arcy, Australian rules footballer
- Tony D'Arcy, Irish Republican Army volunteer who died on hunger strike in 1940
- William Knox D'Arcy, British oilman
Given name[]
- D'Arcy Baker (1877–1932), British businessman and racing driver
- D'Arcy Broderick, Canadian musician
- D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian
- D'Arcy Corrigan, actor and lawyer
- D'Arcy Osborne, 12th Duke of Leeds
- D'Arcy McGee, 19th-century Canadian politician
- D'Arcy Short (born 1990), Australian cricketer
- D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, mathematical biologist
- D'arcy Wretzky, bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins, often credited as simply D'arcy
- Walter D'Arcy Ryan
- Brian d'Arcy James, actor
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