Tell me what you think about Percy...

[watchingitallagain]

..... for a boy.

No

Love it

It's no different to Alfie, Arthur, Henry etc imo

No unless you're a tank engine or really posh, then fine

He's a bit of a knob in Harry Potter.

I know 2 Percys

One is a dog and one is a cat

Love it too.

I think it's fine. The Percy Jackson series of books and films is pretty popular, I'm surprised there aren't more little Percys.

I had this on the list for DD2. I asked a few friends what they thought of it. Someone said it put her in mind of a lisping mummy's boy with receding hair. I must admit it put me off.

As a Corrie fan, I will always say it :"ooh, Percy!" In a Phyllis Pearce deep voice

Dislike it. A weak name.

Will he be comfortable being called that when he's a teenager?

Awful imo.

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

It's a penis' name.

'Just going to point Percy at the porcelain'

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

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

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.

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".

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! I was expecting to get trains or maybe even Blackadder references, but not todgers.

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

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

Immensely

Ditto imaceleb

Imnotaceleb

Such a good classic name

It's awful.

One of the absolute worst.

He'd have a lifetime of people teasing him.