darcy Family History Facts 1920

darcy Name Meaning and History

English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Arcy in Manche, France, named from a Gaulish personal name (which, it has been suggested, may be akin to the Indo-European root ars- ‘bear’) + the locative suffix -acum.
Irish: English surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Dorchaidhe ‘descendant of the dark one’, from dorcha ‘dark’, ‘gloomy’. This Connacht name has fallen together with the Norman surname, which is certainly attested in Ireland, having been introduced there by Sir William D’Arcy and Sir John D’Arcy, who was appointed Chief Justiciar of Ireland in the 14th century.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Dorsey/Darsey/Darcy/Dawsey/Dossey/D'Arcy DNA Project Update	Nancy Custer	7
Darcy families from Co. Leitrim	tevogt	5
Darcy's of Co. Leitrum	Gary D'Arcy	0
Darcy and Halloran, Porridgetown, co. Galway	Mary Lou Heintz	39
JOHN D'ARCY AND BRIDGET GIBBONS	davidurk	0
Thomas Darcy	Heather Warfield	15
Darcy's in New York City	mick_howard	7
Hesther D'Arcy of Norton	Simon Rollitt	5
James Darcy B 1793 Ireland	MalcolmDidio	2
Dr. DARCY, Hagerstown Maryland, circa 1800	crumelbow	0