D'arcy (or variant forms Darcy, Darci, Darcie, or Darcey), French for "From Arcy" is a surname from the village of Bois d'Arcy in Yvelines, near Paris. 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.[citation needed] 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, (died 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 (died 1352), Archbishop of Reims (1351–1352)
- James D'Arcy (born 1975), British actor
- Jim D'Arcy (born 1954), Irish politician
- Jim D'Arcy (socialist) (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), American electrical engineer and inventor
- Martin D'Arcy (1888–1976), Roman Catholic priest and philosopher
- Nick D'Arcy (born 1987), Australian swimmer
- Patrick D'Arcy (1598–1668), Irish nationalist and politician during the Irish Confederate Wars
- Ray D'Arcy (born 1964), Irish television and radio presenter
- Sarah D'Arcy (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
- Terry D'Arcy, American politician
- Tony D'Arcy (died 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 Boulton (born 1946), Canadian heraldic artist and mediaeval historian
- D'Arcy Broderick, Canadian musician
- D'Arcy Carden (born 1980), American actress and comedian
- D'Arcy Corrigan (1870–1945), Irish actor and lawyer
- D'Arcy Osborne (1884–1964), British diplomat and 12th duke of Leeds
- D'Arcy McGee (1825–1868), Canadian politician
- D'Arcy Short (born 1990), Australian cricketer
- D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948), Scottish biologist, mathematician and classics scholar, son of the English scholar of the same name
- D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (Galway) (1829–1902), English scholar
- D'arcy Wretzky (born 1968), American original bass player for the Smashing Pumpkins, often credited as simply D'arcy
Fictional characters
- D'arcy Bloom, a fictional character on Resident Alien
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