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Tell me what you think about Percy...

87 replies

watchingitallagain · 18/03/2017 14:13

..... for a boy.

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Gunpowder · 18/03/2017 16:14

LOVE

Meeep · 18/03/2017 16:13

I have always really liked it!

shirleycartersaidso · 18/03/2017 16:10

Pig. But I love Percy pigs!

ThoraGruntwhistle · 18/03/2017 16:09

Too penisy. Same goes for Ralph.

Shopkinsdoll · 18/03/2017 16:05

Haha Percy pigs are lovely. It also reminds me of a cartoon called Percy the park keeper. It had a good catchy tune to it.

Frouby · 18/03/2017 16:04

I like it. But my grandad was called Percy and he was fab! Not weak at all. A very clever man who did an ou degree at aged 40 years ago to get another job after being made redundant from the pit.

greeeen · 18/03/2017 16:00

I don't find it weak, I quite like it. It's classic but not overused.

ineedamoreadultieradult · 18/03/2017 15:53

No it reminds me of Percy from Blackadder or a train from Thomas the Tank Engine and apart from that I just dont like it. Sorry. How about Perry?

TheHiphopopotamus · 18/03/2017 15:51

Yeah, my first thought was the penis connection (probably says more about me than anything else).

I remember the midwife in hospital saying to 'always point Percy downwards' when changing a boys nappy.

Pumpkintopf · 18/03/2017 15:48

Makes me think of Percy Pig sweets too.

Imnotacelebgetmeouttahere · 18/03/2017 15:42

peace I'm a celeb really it's ok Wink

Shopkinsdoll · 18/03/2017 15:31

No no no no

VintagePerfumista · 18/03/2017 15:22

It's awful.

One of the absolute worst.

He'd have a lifetime of people teasing him.

BastardBernie · 18/03/2017 15:18

Such a good classic name

peaceloveandbiscuits · 18/03/2017 15:17

Imnotaceleb Blush

peaceloveandbiscuits · 18/03/2017 15:17

Ditto imaceleb Smile

Imnotacelebgetmeouttahere · 18/03/2017 15:16

Immensely Blush

Imnotacelebgetmeouttahere · 18/03/2017 15:15

I know a Percy! It suits him innnensely - he's a cheeky and gorgeous little fella Smile

peaceloveandbiscuits · 18/03/2017 15:13

I lolled at your "for a boy" comment. I wouldn't like it much on a girl.

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watchingitallagain · 18/03/2017 14:42

I had never heard of pointing Percy at the porcelain! Oh dear me. I wonder where the idea that it sounds weak comes from?

It's on my radar because our baby is due on the birthday of my favourite poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. He wasn't a weak man.

Thanks for all of your feedback. This is baby number three and I always opt for names that polarise people. It's good to know about the penis connection! Blush I was expecting to get trains or maybe even Blackadder references, but not todgers.

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Ontopofthesunset · 18/03/2017 14:27

It seems like a sort of jokey posh twit name. I don't like the sound (makes me think of pursed lips, so a bit sneery). And it means penis: 'pointing Percy at the porcelain".

FoofFighter · 18/03/2017 14:25

I know someone who's grandson aged around 5/6 is called Percy.

I don't like it personally because it feels like a name for a feeble weak man.

acatcalledjohn · 18/03/2017 14:23

I instantly think of the M&S Percy Pig sweets.

RustyBear · 18/03/2017 14:22

It's a penis' name.

'Just going to point Percy at the porcelain'

Not to mention the penis transplant films Percy & Percy's Progress...

Twoevils · 18/03/2017 14:19

Can be slang for a penis ... so no ....

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