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Names like Percy

81 replies

MonkeyBirdy · 30/06/2021 06:10

We're expecting a boy and I'm having such a hard time finding names I love. Like they're all ok but nothing really stands out. Then DH suggested Percy (with Percival on the birth certificate) and after an initial wtf reaction I think I really love it.

It has everything I like in a name - classic, not too common, nice to say, 2 syllables (so it fits with the rest of our names - I don't know why but this is a big deal for me).

I think it's due a comeback...

I know about Percy pigs. They're a nice sweet though! Plus we don't live in the UK and they're not really a thing here.

Is Percy really that awful? If you think so can you suggest some similar names.. he'll hopefully end up going to a posh school unless we have some financial catastrophe so I'm not concerned about the name being too public school.

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Gladimnotcampinginthisweather · 30/06/2021 06:40

Never heard the expression 'Point Percy at the porcelain'?

ButterflyOfFreedom · 30/06/2021 06:38

I'm not a fan, sorry but if you like it, go for it!

Other suggestions which, to me, have the same vibe:
Perry
Gordon
Maurice
Harold
Bertram
Victor
Nigel
Leslie
Kenneth/ Kenny
Leonard/ Lenny
Lionel
Francis/ Frankie
Frederick/ Freddie
Edmund/ Eddie
Wilbur
Ernest
Albert
Alfred
Archibald/ Archie
Dennis
Donald /Donnie
Ronald/ Ronnie
Reginald / Reggie

Orphlids · 30/06/2021 06:38

How about Tristan? Percy is okay, but not very manly to my ears. I think, if I were a man, I’d want something a little more rugged.

MartyHart · 30/06/2021 06:33

Please don't

LFQuery · 30/06/2021 06:32

Most of the Percys I know are dogs.

IHeartKingThistle · 30/06/2021 06:31

Percy Jackson is cool! I think it's a great name.