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Her name in French was "Jeanne D'Arc", or as we say in English "Joan of Arc", Arc being the town from which she came.

replay Sep. 14, 2008: The above answer is incorrect; d'Arc was her father's last name. Joan was born and raised in Domremy, France. By the way, her name was Jehanne. Joan is the English version of the French name Jehanne.

joan of arc's french name is Jehanne d'Arc. her fathers last name was d'arc and that's where her last name comes from. her first name Jehanne is pronounced jehn and is translated as joan in English

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It was her surname or family name, like say John of Gaunt. It is evidentally a family name rather than a place name, as there is no town or province called (Arc).
The title of Arc was only added after her death. It was likely taken from her father Jacques d'Arc. During her lifetime when she referred to herself by anything other than her first name Jeanne (Jehanne) she would add the title La Pucelle (The Maid) likely after the title she recieved after the Battle of Orleans. Also Joan of Arc was born in Domrémy-la-Pucelle (The la-Pucelle was added after Joan's death).

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Firstly her name is Joan of Arc (not Joan of Ark). She is called this because she was born in Arc France.

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She was Christened Jehanne d' Arc. Although sometimes during that time in France the daughters assumed the mother's maiden name as their surnames, she got that last name from her father, Jacques d'Arc.

Some scholars believe that the spelling of her father's name was more likely "Darc" (pronounced 'dark'), since apostrophes weren't used in that time period, and some records show a family descendant in the 17th century who used that spelling. The name d'Arc or Darc is not derived from a place or town of that name. There is an Arc river in France, but it was not considered the origin of her father's family name either.

Joan was the closest English name to Jehanne (pronounced Jeann as in Jeanette). It is written in her trial records that she said, "In my town they called me Jeannette, and since I came into France I have been called Joan." The name "Joan of Arc" was not used for her during her lifetime. She signed her name simply as "Jehanne", without a surname.

Shakespeare referenced her in some of his works both as Joan of Arc and as "Jehanne la Pucelle" (which was a name she began using most often when she used a surname). Jehanne la Pucelle translates to Joan the maid.

She also has been known by various other names, see the related links below for more information.

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Saint Joan of arc was called Joan of arc because arc was her surname was arc.

Saint Joan was called Joan of Arc because her name was Jehanne D'arc which is french and translates to Joan of Arc. and it is joan of arc because surname was arc because it is

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It is beleived that Joan and her family received the title d'Arc when Charles VII knighted Joan and made her family nobility.

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Joan was born in Domremy, France.

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