Darcy

Dar-cy · proper noun

imported

Definitions

proper noun

  1. 1.

    A unisex given name and surname of Norman French origin.

  2. 2.

    A surname, originally indicating someone from Arcy in France.

  3. 3.

    (Literary) Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, the romantic hero of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."

Related words

See also: name, surname

Etymology

From Norman French d'Arcy, meaning "from Arcy," a place in northern France. The name came to England with the Norman Conquest in 1066.