Comments for PERCY:

Personally, I'd go with Percival; it sounds prettier, more dignified.

-- gaelruadh19  5/7/2005

Sir Percy is the real name of the Scarlet Pimpernel, a mysterious hero who fights for justice in the late 1700's France and England, in Emmuska Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel novels.

-- Soul  7/6/2005

When I was a little girl, I thought Percy was a feminine name. Why? Because I thought it was spelled Pursey... you know, women carry purses, so why wouldn't PURSEY be a girl's name? So I thought that until I told my grandmother it would have been fun to name my female dog that. Then she told me it was a boy name.

-- Anonymous User  11/21/2005

Many children would recognize the name Percy from the Harry Potter books as Percy Weasley is Ron Weasley uptight rule-abiding brother.

-- ljc  4/9/2006

Lord Percy Percy, heir to the Duchy of Northumberland, from Blackadder 1&2, of course.

-- vattenkvinna  4/20/2006

I absolutley LOVE this name. Everyone says that if I name a child Percy he will get teased? But why? It's an awesome name and it has character. I don't like Percival though, just Percy.

And, Percy was a train in Thomas the Tank Engine.

-- bellaboo  10/5/2006

Sounds like a pipe-smoking old grandad to me, not a very nice name for a child!

-- freeserve.co.uk  3/1/2007

Also a nickname for "Persephone" though spelled, "Persy"

-- Anonymous User  4/2/2008

I'm not sure why, but this name always makes me think of chihuahuas. I think it's a bit of an amusing and old-fashioned name, and it doesn't have a very pleasant sound to it.

-- slight night shiver  5/2/2008

I, for one, think this is a great name. No matter what any one says, Harry Smotter or no Harry Smotter, I'll always think of that great French Revolution superhero, Sir Percy Blakeney.

-- welovejamesarness  5/25/2008

I have seen this name short for Perseus in the book The Lightning Thief.

-- Anonymous User  6/12/2008

Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant was nicknamed Percy by his fellow band members.

-- Anonymous User  6/27/2008

Cruel, unbelievably cruel. You'd be better off naming the child Dorothy McNancypants. The full Percival is better but Percy would be inevitable as a nickname surely?

-- Anonymous User  8/25/2008

Percy Williams was a famous track star. He went to the Olympics in 1928.

-- welovejamesarness  12/21/2008

Percy Granger, a composer thought to have had a sexual relationship with his mother (she, and don't quote me on this, committed suicide whenever he showed interest in a woman who was not her).

-- magicalhannah7  4/11/2009

I've known several cats named Percy, because of the purr sound.

And, magicalhannah, Mrs Granger must have been somewhat magical herself to commit suicide "whenever" something happened!

-- Anneza  6/26/2009

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