Darcy Branwyn

What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?

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What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?
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*My mom’s favorite movie.*

My middle name is Ann.

It has no real significance, other than it’s my mother’s middle name, my sister’s middle name, and my daughter’s middle name.

Well, okay then, I guess it has significance!

I looked it up and it’s a Hebrew name that means graceful one. 😊

Works for me! My mom is one of the most graceful and kind people I’ve ever known. She’s religious and has serious standards yet she’s also so kind that everyone she talks to seems to become a different, more vibrant and loving person. She rubs off on them. ❤️ It’s so rare for a religious person to actually walk their talk, and she’s one of them.

I know you’ve been a silent entity on my blog mom, so if you see this, know that I’m proud of you.

Darcy Branwyn
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49 responses to “What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?”

  1. johncoyote Avatar
    johncoyote

    My middle name is Wayne. In school, I had to keep a secret. Being John Wayne caught attention dear Darcy.

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  2. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    Snap! My middle name is Ann too.
    It’s a hand me down family tradition thing. But with me, it’s going to stop with not having, or planning on having children.

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  3. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Oh my! I thinks it’s pretty cool though.

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  4. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    LOL. It’s a hand me down for me too.

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  5. mana Avatar
    mana

    Ann is a pretty middle name:)

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  6. cookie Avatar
    cookie

    mine’s oreo. kidding.

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  7. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Paul. As I’m a Catholic you have to have a Saints name as either your first name or middle name(s).

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  8. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Thanks.

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  9. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    I like it. Cookie Oreo!

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  10. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    It’s a good name.

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  11. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Isn’t it crazy we’re born and given a name, nationality, religion and number before we have any idea of what is going on 😂 it’s crazy when you think about it

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  12. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Yeah I know it is. I was thinking the other day that if I’d been born into the right family connections I would have a publisher by now. But I’m one of the little people.

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  13. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Do you know what I’d do, I’d print off one of your short stories or snippet from your book and I’d post it to every publisher you can. Also write to your local newspaper and say that you are trying to find a publisher and can they print an article in the paper or feature your writing or something. You have nothing to lose doing it do you?! You might even get a job being a journalist when they see your writing skills

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  14. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Already did that. lol. Thanks though. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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  15. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    This here is my largest audience.

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  16. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Do you have Facebook, Twitter and social media? Post your stuff on as much as you can. It seems that’s the way nowadays to get noticed. You can also get a YouTube channel and post your narrations on there with a picture collection for the story maybe. Just throwing ideas out there

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  17. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Yes of course. Facebook blocked me and won’t tell me why. Twitter was a dead end and Pinterest takes my pins down because apparently my vampires violate their self harm guidelines. It’s a crazy world out there. I have a YouTube channel and have done a few videos but no one cares and that’s just the reality of it. It’s sweet of you but I’m not joking when I say all I have left is prayer and this blog. It’s okay though. I’ll live.

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  18. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    I have a YouTube channel and I had all my guitar videos on there. I didn’t have any likes or anything so took all of them down. I wasn’t doing it for likes but to keep a record of where I was at and see how I improve etc but you feel like you have to have likes and comments and followers. I don’t have any social media platforms as I think they are all toxic popularity contests and like you said, you post something and it’s offensive to this or something or someone. I’ve never heard of a self harming vampire. I got asked to cover my arm with my scars on by a lady last summer in the pub as it was upsetting her. “F**k off and don’t look at it then was my reply 🤣. No matter what you do or what you say, somebody somewhere gets offended. Keep your chin up and carry on with your blogging. I’ve been at it 3 years nearly and you’ve got far more followers than me and interactions with your posts so you are doing something right 👌

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  19. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Thank you! And about your arm, your scars are proof that you are a survivor, and it was none of her business! Yeah, I don’t post anywhere for any reason really than my writing otherwise I wouldn’t bother with it. It do appreciate the interactions I’ve had on my blog however, so I hang out here on WordPress.

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  20. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Have you uploaded anything to Apple Books?

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  21. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Yup. I’ve actually published nine novels over the last eleven years. I had an agent, got readings from publishers, went to conferences and met people in the industry. Frankly, they just don’t give a damn. 🤷‍♀️

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  22. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    As far as I can tell the only way to get a publisher is to have a viral following, and the only way to make it self-published to to have a viral following… I mean, if my blog went viral I wouldn’t bother with a publisher. I rather do my own thing anyway. It’s weird.

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  23. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Have you emailed any publisher outside USA? Could send it via email to English publisher maybe?

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  24. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Years ago I tried that but not recently. I was so burned out that I started focusing on my blog. It’s okay, like I said. I’d love to move things along but I’m not interested in trying to sell myself for the rest of my life either. If it’s meant to be it will be. Otherwise I’ll just enjoy my life and what I have.

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  25. Rochdalestu Avatar
    Rochdalestu

    Absolutely 🙌 everything is digital nowadays so books are replaced by kindles, if it’s online then it’s technically a publication of your work. It’s just a case of the audience knowing that it is there

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  26. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Yeah, and I don’t want to come to hate writing so at this point I feel like doing what is best for me, and if I get enough of a following or an offer or whatever, then awesome.

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  27. rebuilding rob Avatar
    rebuilding rob

    A lot of my fellow Michiganders like to thump their chest about “somewhere in time” because it was shot on Mackinac Island.

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  28. angiedewtoo Avatar
    angiedewtoo

    my daughter’s middle name is Anne. after Anne of Green Gables

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  29. Doris Russell Avatar
    Doris Russell

    Middle name Elainr

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  30. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Oh really? Cool.

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  31. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Sweet!

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  32. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Pretty. What does it mean?

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  33. rebuilding rob Avatar
    rebuilding rob

    Well, you know, people from Michigan don’t have too much to be proud of so…lol

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  34. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    lol. I live in the land of cows and trees. I understand.

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  35. alfie vente RMT Avatar
    alfie vente RMT

    Palma. I wear it with pride. My maternal Grand Father was the first mayor of a town in the Filipino province of Don Carlos. It also has powerful ties in the Philippines tied to great historical people.

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  36. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Very cool link to your history!

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  37. Kuin Avatar
    Kuin

    For our race, some siblings have the same word in our middle name. In our family, the three of us have the same middle name. We are proud of this because it was named individually by our parents. For our new friends or strangers, they can quickly recognize that we were born into the same family by reading our names.

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  38. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    That’s really neat. Thanks for letting me know!

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  39. GA Red Avatar
    GA Red

    Marie – not much significance beyond it being Catholic approved. My siblings mostly have family derived names – first and middle. For me, it’s my first name only as no one I can find was named Marie after about 1799. (And I just fell into an ancestry rabbit hole researching that one.)

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  40. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Sounds cool. Ancestry is fun. It always makes me wonder if I look anything like my great great grandmother or any other ancestors.

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  41. Jonny Pongratz Avatar
    Jonny Pongratz

    Mine is Ryan, which supposedly means “little king”. My mom almost named me Michael Christopher, which sounds awful to me. Thank goodness that didn’t happen!

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  42. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    Johnny Ryan. I like it.

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  43. Jonny Pongratz Avatar
    Jonny Pongratz

    Thanks!

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  44. Mubashara Ehsan Avatar
    Mubashara Ehsan

    I’ve got my first name Mubashara and no middle name😶

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  45. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    That’s fine. You don’t need a middle name. 😊😻

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  46. Mubashara Ehsan Avatar
    Mubashara Ehsan

    😂

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  47. alfie vente RMT Avatar
    alfie vente RMT

    Correction/ I had meant the Filipino province of Bukidnon where the town of Don Carlos is located.

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  48. Darcy Branwyn Avatar
    Darcy Branwyn

    No problem. 😊

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  49. KALAGA LM JAYARAJ Avatar
    KALAGA LM JAYARAJ

    Wonder what happened to Darcy..

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