Joan of Arc did not hail from a place called Arc, but was born and raised in the village of Domrémy in what was then the northeastern frontier of the Kingdom of France. In the English language her first name has been repeated as Joan since the fifteenth century because that was the only English equivalent for the feminine form of John during her lifetime.
Joan of Arc did not hail from a place named Arc; she was born and raised in the village of Domrémy, which was then part of the Kingdom of France's northeastern border. In English, her first name has been consistently referred to as Joan since the fifteenth century because it was the only equivalent for the feminine form of John during her lifetime.