Fitzwilliam

Fitzwilliam is a surname of Norman origin, meaning "son of William." It appears as a place name in various English contexts, including Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University and the Fitzwilliam Museum.

The name gained literary familiarity through Mr.

Darcy's first name in Jane Austen's *Pride and Prejudice*: His Christian name was Fitzwilliam.

Austen

Darcy

English surname, Norman origin

Pride and PrejudiceRegency courtship novel
ElizabethFeminine given name
PemberleyFictional aristocratic mansion

Regency · courtship · gentility · manners · romance · satire · irony · novel · classic · marriage

surname

genealogy

Study of family descent

ancestryFamily line of descent
lineageDescent from progenitors
heritageInherited cultural legacy

family · heraldry · Irish · Anglo-Norman · patronymic · dynasty · descent · bloodline · kinship · forebears

Opposites

social class in pride and prejudice

FitzwilliamWickham

Willoughby · Collins

Family

William, Williams, Williamson, Will, Bill, Fitzgerald

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