D'arcy (or variant forms Darcy, Darci, Darcie, or Darcey), French for "From Arcy" is a surname from the village of Bois d'Arcy in Yvelines, near Paris.
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.
[citation needed] 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: