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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈdɑɹ.si/(American English) /ˈdɑː.si/(British English)

Meaning & History

From an English surname that was derived from Norman French d'Arcy, originally denoting one who came from the town of Arcy in La Manche, France. This is the surname of a character, Fitzwilliam Darcy, in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (1813).