Percy name meaning

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Updated: March 15th, 2024
Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl
Origin: Celtic, Welsh, Old French and Latin
Usage: English, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian
Pronunciation: pur-see
Meaning: Pierces, Pierce the Vale and Heresy of Breton Romance of the Xiith Century
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What does Percy mean?

Durable and Widely Accepted Percy is used specifically in Danish, Finnish, English, Swedish and Norwegian is a gender-neutral name, Percy means "Pierces, Pierce the Vale or Heresy of Breton Romance of the Xiith Century" is rooted from Welsh, Old French, Celtic and Latin..

Percy is equivalent of Percival in English language.

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How do I pronounce Percy?

Two syllabled Percy is pronounced as pur-see.

Variants of Percy

Perceval, Peredur, Perci, Percival, Parsafal, Persifal

Names that rhyme with Percy

How popular is the name Percy?

Percy was a popular name in United States. Over 32044 babies have been given the first name in 204 years. At its zenith in 1897, it ranked 98th when 603 parents chose the moniker for their baby boys.

After 204 years, the name has past its prime. Moreover, the name has been to the top 100 baby names 2 times A common name in England and Wales having over 642 recievers in 20 years of usage.

Presently at its peak, the moniker grabbed the 399th spot and 107 baby boys were given the name.

Percy is an uncommon baby name in France still in use today. But Percy is a popular baby name in Peru where every 1 in 600 have the name as well as in, South Africa, Ghana and England.

At least, 130000 people around the globe have been given the name as per our research.

YearBoysGirls
RankBirthsRankBirths
2018217763
2017196472
2016264546161135
2015226858
2014201470145076
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Facts

Percy in Nordic countries

CountriesMenWomen
First NameSecondary NameFirst NameSecondary Name
Netherlands25214357
Finland037150

What numbers say about Percy?

You desire to change constantly and you get easily bored. If you had to choose which animal you want to trade your human body with, you would choose a bird? You are an amazing, intelligent, and worthy person even if not everyone sees it. When you walk into a room, people look to you as a leader. Having 5 as your soul urge number reveals your deep desire to change and transform all the time. When it comes to your career, you don't make it your priority but see it as something you must do to survive.

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  •  Kaila - Used mostly in Marathi and Hindi frequently used, Kaila has its origin in Hebrew and Old Irish is a gender-neutral name, Kaila means "Victory, Crown or Pure"
  •  Bidelia - Originated from Celtic, Bidelia means "Strong Willed, Power and Sublime", chiefly used in Irish is given to baby girls. Bidelia is spelling variant of Bridget.
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Famous people named Percy

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  • Percy Erskine Nobbs, Canadian architect
  • Percy MacKaye, American dramatist and poet
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  • Percy B. Molesworth, Major
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  • Percy Ludgate, accountant
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  • Percy A. Taverner, Canadian ornithologist and architect
  • Percy Wenrich, United States composer of ragtime and popular music
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  • Percy Addleshaw, English barrister and writer
  • Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset, British peer
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  • Percy Weatherall, British businessman, formerly active in Hong Kong
  • Percy Alexander MacMahon, mathematician
  • Percy E. Lambert, first person to drive an automobile a hundred miles
  • Percy Herbert, first Bishop of Blackburn from 1927 then Bishop of Norwich
  • Percy Sparks, Canadian manufacturer and environmentalist
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  • Percy Lubbock, English man of letters, known as an essayist
  • Percy Andreae, English-American brewer and influential anti-prohibitionist during the early part of the 20th century
  • Percy Toplis, British criminal and imposter active during and after the First World War
  • Percy Rees, field hockey player,
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  • Percy Foreman, criminal defense attorney from Houston, Texas
  • Percy Warrington, educationist and evangelical Church of England clergyman
  • Percy Goetschius, won international fame
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  • Percy Holman, British Labour and Co-operative politician
  • Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, Anglo-Irish author and critic
  • Percy Adams, English first-class cricketer
  • Percy Frobisher Pilbeam, fictional character
  • Percy Jones, member of jazz fusion band Brand X,
  • Percy Verner Noble, Canadian politician
  • Percy Smith, New Zealand ethnologist and surveyor
  • Percy Dockrell, Irish Fine Gael politician
  • Percy Wragg Brian, British botanist and mycologist
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  • Percy Levar Walton, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1997 for the November 1996 murders of Elizabeth and Jessee Kendrick, aged 81 and 80, and Archie Moore
  • Percy Walker, American politician from Huntsville, Alabama
  • Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist
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  • Percy John Heawood, British mathematician educated at Queen Elizabeth's School
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  • Percy Barnevik, Swedish business executive
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