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A very strong, ferocious, and eccentric name for a boy... It's wonderful! I love the meaning as well.
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The name Perseus sounds like a strong name for a boy. I want to use Percy as a cute nickname!
I love the double S sound in the name, it makes it sound gentle while still being handsome! I’m totally naming one of my sons this! Who cares what some people say about this name not being pleasant, hello! This name is pleasant in my opinion and I’m using it. I want to use the name Theseus as maybe a close second. Because that one also sounds strong for a boy’s name.
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I love the double S sound in the name, it makes it sound gentle while still being handsome! I’m totally naming one of my sons this! Who cares what some people say about this name not being pleasant, hello! This name is pleasant in my opinion and I’m using it. I want to use the name Theseus as maybe a close second. Because that one also sounds strong for a boy’s name.
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I love this name because of Percy Jackson and the Greek hero Perseus. It seems very strong and masculine while also being soft (the double 's' sound) and gentle. It's unusual but recognizable and easy to pronounce, and I love the nickname Percy (the similarity to the word 'purse' doesn't bother me; I don't find it pompous or snobbish at all). This is one of my top boys' names and I would definitely name a son this, if I ever have one.
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This is the name of a constellation, named after Perseus, discovered by Ptolemy.
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Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief" was only the first in a series of very popular books featuring the character Perseus (Percy) Jackson. Perseus was almost nonexistent as a name for real boys in the USA before that book, but it started regularly appearing on the SSA lists that give all names with five or more births in 2008, three years after the first book was published. The name took upward jumps in use just after the two films based on the series came out in 2010 and 2013, and 2018 began another upward surge, about the time when people who read the first books as children would start having their own kids. There were 103 boys named Perseus born in the USA in 2019, and if the name continues its steady increase it will be among the top 1000 names for American boys by 2030. If the TV series based on Riordan's books comes out soon, as is planned by Disney+, that will make the name even more likely to increase.
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I find this to be a very strong name. It’s on my list for my children’s names. Many nice nicknames can be drawn from this name as well. I think it is a masculine, powerful name, and a name that should be brought to light more often.
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I really love this name. It's really great and I think Percy would be a cute nickname, or maybe the nickname Perce.
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In Greek mythology Perseus was the only hero to have a happy ending. I love some of the other hero's names', but for a namesake to have had a happy ending swings this name for me. I would seriously consider it in my top ten boys names.
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I liked the Greek myth, but the name itself isn't all that pleasant. The meaning isn't exactly great, and it sounds close to the snobby-sounding Percy.
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He also turned the giant Atlas (who was cursed by Zeus to hold the weight of the heavens on his shoulders) to stone.
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Perseus was the guy in the Clash of the Titans.
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I love this name! I named my iPod after it. Perseus was a great hero who not only slayed Medusa, but saved the princess Andromeda from a sea monster. Her parents had chained her to a rock in the ocean for a sacrifice and Perseus, who was flying over, froze the sea monster with Medusa's head.
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Sorry, I just can't take this name seriously. The Finnish word for 'ass' is 'perse', and this name cracks me up for that reason. Besides, it is quite a pompous name to use on a child, isn't it?
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In Rick Riordan's book The Lightning Thief, the main character is named Perseus Jackson, and is a son of Poseidon.
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