D'arcy (name)
D'arcy [Darcy] (or variant forms Darci, Darcie, or Darcey), lit. "From Arcy" is a surname from the village of Bois d'Arcy in Yvelines. 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 (1859-1938), Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh
- Emma D'Arcy (born 1992), British actor
- Gordon D'Arcy (1980), 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 (born 1975), British actor
- Jim D'Arcy (born 1954), Irish politician
- Jim D'Arcy (1919-2001), British socialist
- John Michael D'Arcy (1932-2013), American Roman Catholic bishop
- John D'Arcy (1785–1839), Founder of the town of Clifden, Connemara, Ireland
- John P. D'Arcy (1957-2004), electrical engineer and inventor, formerly married to Meredithe Stuart-Smith, founder of lifestyle company Meri Meri.
- Martin D'Arcy (1888-1976), Roman Catholic priest and public intellectual
- Nick D'Arcy (born 1987), Australian Swimmer
- Patrick D'Arcy (1598-1668), Irish nationalist and politician during Irish Confederate Wars
- Ray D'Arcy (born 1964), Irish television and radio presenter
- Sarah D'Arcy (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
- Tony D'Arcy (d. 1940), Irish Republican Army volunteer who died on hunger strike in 1940
- William Knox D'Arcy (1849-1917), 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, Scottish biologist
- D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Galway), English scholar
- D'arcy Wretzky, bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins, often credited as simply D'arcy
- Walter D'Arcy Ryan (1870–1934), lighting engineer
- Brian d'Arcy James, (born 1968), American actor and musician
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