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Darcy

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈdɑː.si//
  • United States//ˈdɑɹ.si//

A Norman baronial surname from Old French.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A Norman baronial surname from Old French.

  2. 2

    A male given name transferred from the surname.

  3. 3

    A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly mid-20th century and later American usage.

Etymology

Originally from Bois-d'Arcy, Yvelines in Northern France. Related to archaic French ardre (“to burn, consume”).

Forms

plural
Darcies
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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