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Help[Opinions] Percival / Percy / Pierce
Hi !!!
Percival
Percy
Pierce
Different origin but similar sound.
WDYTO these three names? They give you the same vibe?
Tell me all your impressions :)
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Percival
Percy
Pierce
Different origin but similar sound.
WDYTO these three names? They give you the same vibe?
Tell me all your impressions :)
Personal Name Lists https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/125456
This message was edited 6/11/2019, 11:09 AM
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IMO Pierce is a modern handsome/badass name. Percy and Percival are more old and stuffy. Percival has serious mythological undertones for me though, I did a brief study of Arthurian archetypes and the Percival one is very sweet.
I actually like Percy even though I said it was stuffy. I bet it'll become fashionable here in about 15 years.
I actually like Percy even though I said it was stuffy. I bet it'll become fashionable here in about 15 years.
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Percival is rather too snobbish, and Percy not really snobbish enough, if that makes sense.
I had a distant uncle Percival who was known as Percy; he died when I was a baby and I know nothing about him except his name. There have also been two South African international sportsmen called Percy: Percy Mansell played cricket in the 1950s and Percy Montgomery played rugby in the 1990s and 2000s. But because of them I'm more used to Percy, I think, and for that reason I prefer it though I wouldn't use it myself.
Pierce doesn't sound very close to Percy; I dislike it as a lnfn, and for its meaning as a dictionary word. I do like Piers, though - same sound, but with a terminal -z instead of an -s. Since I named my son Peter, I couldn't exactly use Piers IRL.
I had a distant uncle Percival who was known as Percy; he died when I was a baby and I know nothing about him except his name. There have also been two South African international sportsmen called Percy: Percy Mansell played cricket in the 1950s and Percy Montgomery played rugby in the 1990s and 2000s. But because of them I'm more used to Percy, I think, and for that reason I prefer it though I wouldn't use it myself.
Pierce doesn't sound very close to Percy; I dislike it as a lnfn, and for its meaning as a dictionary word. I do like Piers, though - same sound, but with a terminal -z instead of an -s. Since I named my son Peter, I couldn't exactly use Piers IRL.
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Percival is very stuffy. I picture it on a wealthy man with a top hat in the 1800s, and if it were used on a baby today I imagine his full name would be something like "Percival Theodore, IV".
Percy is a little more wearable but also sounds a little silly, like a cartoon character name.
Pierce is my favorite of the three. It sounds the most modern (and I guess it is, based on the popularity charts).
Percy is a little more wearable but also sounds a little silly, like a cartoon character name.
Pierce is my favorite of the three. It sounds the most modern (and I guess it is, based on the popularity charts).
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Percival- pig. Stuck up, snobby little twerp who is also a big nerd and a tattle tale. Also, his nose turns up so he looks like a pig.
Percy- exactly the same as Percival. It’s his nickname.
Pierce- not something I’d ever use, I think of the word itself, to pierce something, and I don’t enjoy it. But it’s loads and loads better than Percival and Percy Pig.
Percy- exactly the same as Percival. It’s his nickname.
Pierce- not something I’d ever use, I think of the word itself, to pierce something, and I don’t enjoy it. But it’s loads and loads better than Percival and Percy Pig.
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