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WDYTO Percival for a boy? Any middle name suggestions?
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Love it :)
not sure on combo's
not sure on combo's
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Sorry, but I really don't like it. Some people here go on about it, and it's one of those names I'll never understand the appeal of. It sounds like a whiny nerdy obnoxious mean little guy, despite being the name of one of the Knights of the Round Table.
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Have you ever read / listened to any P.G. Wodehouse? His comic characters all have names like Percival.
I don't know about other posters, but that's where my love of old English names like Percival comes from. Others: Bertram (Bertie), Eustace, Oswald, Honoria, Gladys, etc. They brighten my day just thinking about them -- their characters are so funny.
I realize most of these names are not user-friendly in the U.S. (where I am.) But for sheer love of hypothetical names, Wodehouse is a garden of delights.
I don't know about other posters, but that's where my love of old English names like Percival comes from. Others: Bertram (Bertie), Eustace, Oswald, Honoria, Gladys, etc. They brighten my day just thinking about them -- their characters are so funny.
I realize most of these names are not user-friendly in the U.S. (where I am.) But for sheer love of hypothetical names, Wodehouse is a garden of delights.
This message was edited 4/21/2009, 12:13 PM
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I haven't
I do like some Old English names. I think some Anglo-Saxon names are really cool. Percival just isn't one of them.
I do "like" some names based solely off the type of character they conjur up in my mind too. Like Barnaby. I think Tippins said it best once when she said it was "top-hat wearing." :)
I do like some Old English names. I think some Anglo-Saxon names are really cool. Percival just isn't one of them.
I do "like" some names based solely off the type of character they conjur up in my mind too. Like Barnaby. I think Tippins said it best once when she said it was "top-hat wearing." :)
This message was edited 4/21/2009, 12:30 PM
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Love Percival, especially with the nn Percy.
Percival Arthur
Percival Edmund
Percival Hugo
Percival Ivo
Percival Edgar
Percival Roland
Percival Jasper
Percival Cedric
Percival Blaise
Percival Geoffrey
Percival Ambrose
Percival Rupert
Percival Rowan
Percival George
Percival Simon
Percival Gareth
Percival Andrew
Percival Desmond
Percival Emeric
Percival Marius
Percival Remy ("RAY-mee")
Percival Bernard
Percival Owen / Eoghan
Percival Abelard
Percival Geraint
Percival Roderick
Percival Esmund
A very versatile name. You like?
Percival Arthur
Percival Edmund
Percival Hugo
Percival Ivo
Percival Edgar
Percival Roland
Percival Jasper
Percival Cedric
Percival Blaise
Percival Geoffrey
Percival Ambrose
Percival Rupert
Percival Rowan
Percival George
Percival Simon
Percival Gareth
Percival Andrew
Percival Desmond
Percival Emeric
Percival Marius
Percival Remy ("RAY-mee")
Percival Bernard
Percival Owen / Eoghan
Percival Abelard
Percival Geraint
Percival Roderick
Percival Esmund
A very versatile name. You like?
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I like it in theory, but in reality he may get teased a bit. I like ICEyun's suggestion of Percival Henry.
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