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, (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 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

 * Darcy Wilde, fictional character from the British soap opera Hollyoaks