What does your first name mean? According to the most reliable sources (whatever these may be), Darcy means "dweller in the fortress." [...] (It can also, naturally, simply mean "from Arcy," Arcy apparently being an island [or town] somewhere in France.)
I first encountered the name when I was eight, when there was a Gareth D'Arcy in my class at school. He told me he could trace his ancestry back to the D'Arcy that came over with William the Conqueror, so I always assumed it was simply "of Arcy". Which does not, of course, rule out Darcy being of different origin.
When I was twenty-nine I wrote a story set in the fifteenth century; being at one stage in need of a surname from that period, and being too lazy to go and research one, I used the name D'Arcy, remembering the above. You may be surprised to learn that as late as that I had never heard of Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. (I have now, however, read the book.)
As a result of the above, it took me a while after first encountering you to stop getting narked that you spelled your name wrong. :o) (I wouldn't be surprised if livredor had the opposite reaction reading my story.)
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According to the most reliable sources (whatever these may be), Darcy means "dweller in the fortress." [...] (It can also, naturally, simply mean "from Arcy," Arcy apparently being an island [or town] somewhere in France.)
I first encountered the name when I was eight, when there was a Gareth D'Arcy in my class at school. He told me he could trace his ancestry back to the D'Arcy that came over with William the Conqueror, so I always assumed it was simply "of Arcy". Which does not, of course, rule out Darcy being of different origin.
When I was twenty-nine I wrote a story set in the fifteenth century; being at one stage in need of a surname from that period, and being too lazy to go and research one, I used the name D'Arcy, remembering the above. You may be surprised to learn that as late as that I had never heard of Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. (I have now, however, read the book.)
As a result of the above, it took me a while after first encountering you to stop getting narked that you spelled your name wrong. :o) (I wouldn't be surprised if