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Percy

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roarfeckingroar · 06/06/2020 23:47

Can I?

I'm struggling so much with boys names. Percy has a really lovely family meaning to me and I love it. But is it due a comeback or just no?

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AnnaSW1 · 07/06/2020 19:13

I know one baby Percy

ApocalypseNowt · 07/06/2020 19:05

Percy is cute for n a little boy but that boy will grow up to be a man.

No woman has gone weak at the knees and cried "Take me now Percy".

Percy sounds like the kind of man that cries after sex.

Alicatz66 · 07/06/2020 17:42

Merlin ... yes !!!

DramaAlpaca · 07/06/2020 17:24

@HouseOfEdwards

Support for Percy? Jockstrap?
That made me out loud Grin

And partially quoting Whatsyourflava, this particular Mumsnetter is still horrified by the names Ralph and Albert Grin

borntohula · 07/06/2020 17:16

@Howmuchlongercanthislast omg those are all my boys' names

villainousbroodmare · 07/06/2020 17:12

I would say that one of the most unkind things you could do to a baby boy is to call him Percy.

MrsSiriusBlack1 · 07/06/2020 16:01

No

Whatsyourflava · 07/06/2020 16:00

If you like Percy (and I do too- I love it), how about Otis, Sidney (Sid), Cole, Eric

CoronaIsComing · 07/06/2020 15:53

I love it. I’ve lived all over the place and have never heard Percy to mean penis!

Tavannach · 07/06/2020 15:46

Edwin (nn Teddy)
Merlin
Alfred
Seth
Rufus

Alicatz66 · 07/06/2020 15:34

I keep thinking of Percy out of Blackadder.. or Percy Pig !!! ... he will get called Percy Pig at school ... don't do it

Wowcherarestalkingme · 07/06/2020 15:09

I love the name Percy but DH didn’t like it. It does seem to be creeping back into popularity. I also think that the whole ‘point Percy at the porcelain’ thing is not a particularly mainstream saying anymore. Lots of names have connotations and many more will have them in the future which we can’t control if we have already named our child that. If it doesn’t bother you (and doesn’t bother me) name your child Percy. I do wish I’d won DH round on it but it wasn’t to be.

mondler · 07/06/2020 15:08

Monty, Perry, Alfred, Ernie, Winston?

Howmuchlongercanthislast · 07/06/2020 15:03

Albert (Bertie)

Certainly sticks with the penis theme

SirVixofVixHall · 07/06/2020 14:56

Albert (Bertie)
Rex
William (Billy)
Rupert
Gabriel
Michael
Alexander
Nicholas (Nicky)
Jasper

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roarfeckingroar · 07/06/2020 14:34

Any suggestions of other names I might like with a lower ridicule risk ?

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LoveLoveLove2020 · 07/06/2020 14:29

@CrazyTimesAreOccurring your comment made me spit my drink out! 😂😂😂

Dollywilde · 07/06/2020 14:28

It’s our cats name Smile I love it but we decided it was half a step too far for us hence it getting relegated onto the cat...

ClassicCola · 07/06/2020 14:23

It's bloody awful.

KatherineJaneway · 07/06/2020 14:23

Percy is a bad Weasley brother.

HouseOfEdwards · 07/06/2020 14:22

Support for Percy?
Jockstrap?

Howmuchlongercanthislast · 07/06/2020 14:21

Are you looking at Percival shortened to Percy?

That avoids the knob jokes in Year 8 ?

ghislaine · 07/06/2020 14:09

Peregrine nn Perry
Perrin

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roarfeckingroar · 07/06/2020 13:52

@Whatsyourflava this is what I want to hear 😁

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roarfeckingroar · 07/06/2020 13:51

@JudyGemstone objectively I am a bit.

Hmm there is some support then!

To the PP who gave "alternatives", I think a little baby joystick could be cute...

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