2007-03-04 05:21:11 · 5 answers · asked by sidvicious05_6780 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
First, though related to the WORD "martial", it does not come from that meaning.
Second, beware of all 'baby name' sorts of books and sites. They have some good material, but also a lot that's very poorly researched, and it's often hard to tell the difference (unless you happen to know the language or history of a particular name well enough). For an example of sloppiness and not co-ordinating answers, note that the sites listed so far provide a series of closely related names, but list rather different meanings for them!
One of the BEST web sites for name meanings -- which rarely falls into the 'baby name' errors-- is behindthename.com
Comparing its pages on "Marcy" and related names. . . the feminine forms (Marcia, Marcella, etc) are derived from the Latin masculine name "Marcus", which itself come from the name of the Roman god Mars.
http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=marcia
If you want to go back a bit further, the god Mars was borrowed from the Etruscan God "Maris", who was originally an agricultural god. (Only later did the Romans, influenced by the equivalent Greek god "Ares", transform him into a god of war.) I'm not sure we know what the original Etruscan god's name means.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28mythology%29#Names_and_epithets
2007-03-04 06:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by bruhaha 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marcy Name Meaning
2016-11-13 23:43:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The girl's name Marcy \m(a)-rcy, mar-cy\. Variant of Marcella (Latin) "dedicated to Mars".
Marcy has 6 variant forms: Marcee, Marcey, Marci, Marcie, Marsee and Marsey.
2007-03-04 05:24:32 · answer #3 · answered by jilldaniel_wv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marcy is a Latin name meaning Brave
2007-03-04 05:31:56 · answer #4 · answered by moon_girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It comes from the Latin name Marcia and it means "martial"
2007-03-04 05:24:32 · answer #5 · answered by chicki_blue_eyez 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋