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Darcy (surname)

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Darcy/d'Arcy (or Darci or Darcey), lit. "From Arcy (Yvelines)", "From the Fortress", or "Dark(-haired) One", is a surname from the Norman barony of d'Arcy, in what was once Normandy (a "French Viking" duchy/dukedom under the French King), but is now Northern France. 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".

People with this surname include:

  • Conyers Darcy (c. 1685–1758), British politician and courtier
  • Dame Darcy, American graphic artist, cartoonist, and musician
  • Emma Darcy, pseudonym of Australian husband and wife writers Frank and Wendy Brennan
  • Eamonn Darcy (born 1952), Irish golfer
  • Henry Darcy (1803–1858), French scientist who made several important contributions to hydraulics and hydrogeology and for whom the unit of permeability is named
  • John Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Knayth (1290–1347), English peer and Lord Justiciar of Ireland
  • Kevin Darcy, Australian ice hockey player
  • Les Darcy (1895–1917), Australian boxer
  • Luke Darcy (born 1975), former Australian rules footballer
  • Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness (1718–1778), British diplomat and politician
  • Elizabeth Darcy, Countess of Ormond (3 April 1332 – 24 March 1390)
  • Elizabeth Darcy, Countess of Rivers and Viscountess of Savage (1581 – 9 March 1650)
  • Elizabeth Darcy, nursemaid of then-infant Arthur, Prince of Wales (firstborn son of King Henry VII of England).
  • Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Esquire, the male protagonist in Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice.
  • Elizabeth Darcy (née Bennet), the female protagonist in Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice.
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