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Percy

94 replies

stellarfox · 15/04/2019 20:33

What do you think of Percy?

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Silvanna · 15/04/2019 22:57

If you like, go for it x

mynameisMrG · 15/04/2019 22:56

Love it, was my first choice but DH said no. I haven’t let it go completely though

Whoops75 · 15/04/2019 22:50

Not a fan

tocotoucan · 15/04/2019 22:47

I love it.

Lelly0503 · 15/04/2019 22:45

@stellarfox definitely! I actually like the park keeper associations as I used to read those books when I was a child and we’ve bought them for him to read too! & he has a few of the Percy train toys too. The Percy at the porcelain thing my mum told me about but nobody else I spoke too had heard of that saying before. Thing is once the baby is born and named, nobody will say anything nasty about baby even if they think it!

@bernards I like Jasper! Though we did used to have a family cat with that name haha

SweetAsSpice · 15/04/2019 22:20

The park keeper. Book.

As a nickname for Perseus though...

RoseMartha · 15/04/2019 22:17

No

BernardsarenotalwaysSaints · 15/04/2019 22:15

I like it!

Lelly what about Jasper?

sonlypuppyfat · 15/04/2019 22:14

Who ever fancied a Percy? It's a very wet name

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stellarfox · 15/04/2019 22:11

@Lelly0503 What a coincidence! I think associations are quite a big influence on how people feel about names so the more little Percy’s there are around the more people will like it!

None of the associations raised have put me off but it’s good to hear there isn’t anything awful (imo anyway Wink)

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Moominfan · 15/04/2019 22:07

I love it. Plenty of Archie's, Freddie's ect. It's timeless and cute

HopeOverAnythingElse · 15/04/2019 22:01

Percy is one of those names that makes me think 'if you like it so much, why doesn't the OP/OP's partner change their name to it'.

It's not nice. If it was there'd be loads of them about.

weekfour · 15/04/2019 21:58

I asked this about two years ago. As it happens, I ended up with a Margot.
I think Percy is a fab name. People seemed overly preoccupied with pointing Percy at porcelain. I've only ever heard it on Mumsnet!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 15/04/2019 21:54

I think it's a lovely name. I quite clearly have no taste, according to the MN jury... I can cope.

birdgal4848 · 15/04/2019 21:51

First thing I thought of was pig. Sorry.

GrassIsntGreener · 15/04/2019 21:50

It was on our list - some very very rude replies here. NSPCC? Honestly. Hmm

Hippopotas · 15/04/2019 21:46

Reminds me of Percy in Blackadder

3ChangingForNow · 15/04/2019 21:46

Love it. It was on my list.

Lelly0503 · 15/04/2019 21:41

What’s slightly weird is I the reason I ended up on this page to ask what boys name would go with Percy as I’m expecting another boy and this thread was at the very top!

Lelly0503 · 15/04/2019 21:40

This is outing but it’s my Ds name. I got a lot of the above comments from family members when I was pregnant but funnily enough they now all love the name and love him! Names are so personal anyway if you like it then go for it

bellsbuss · 15/04/2019 21:40

I love it.

MumUnderTheMoon · 15/04/2019 21:39

Weasley/pig.

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stellarfox · 15/04/2019 21:33

Interesting mix of responses! I really like it and I think it would be quite cute/handsome. I get the pig association but can’t say that bothers me and I don’t think that slang is very common now?!

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vegpatch · 15/04/2019 21:32

I like it...it's cute and a bit quirky in the way names like fred, Henry, Stan etc are. It's cute for a baby and kind of cool for someone older.

LittleMissMummaBear · 15/04/2019 21:30

Ohhh just realised for a boy! well for what its worth I grew up with a Percy and he was a class a lad so at least I have some good connections to it! x