Tell me what you think about Percy...

[watchingitallagain]

..... for a boy.

[Pemba]

I think at the moment it is a bit of a joke name, sorry. Sounds like a prim and proper little Victorian boy in a frilly or lacey collar, so it seems a bit wussy.

Have heard of the 'pointing Percy' thing too, I think it was supposed to be Australian slang, but really Barry Humphries invented it (you know, the alter ego of Dame Edna Everage). I don't know whether it will still be an association for your son's generation though, maybe not.

I don't think the world is ready for Percy to come around again.

[WhyOhWine]

I know of a Percival nn Percy. Child of a colleague at my previous place of work. Colleague is exceedingly posh and quite pretentious (posh of itself I have no real objection to). I think of Percy as a posh and pretentious name so when I heard my colleague had called his son Percy i thought it was very fitting.

I think Percy Jackson has helped the name but not quite enough.

[Choccyhobnob]

Sorry I really dislike it

[indigo13]

I really like it, go for it!

[hoddtastic]

no, it's pretentious and means knob. don't do it to the poor little fella.

[MissJSays]

I think 'Percy pig' sorry

[FartnissEverbeans]

You know the 'supreme court judge test' for names that's often mentioned on this board? That is, 'can you imagine name x on a judge?'

Well there is also the 'heat of passion' test. Can you imagine calling out 'oh Percy!' in the heat of passion? Personally I can't, because it sounds like the name of a cartoon train.

Worth considering. Not a sexy name.

[99point9FahrenheitDegrees]

Percy Montgomery was a rather nice South African rugby player. Long blonde hair and all!

I like it. I met a little one on the weekend with sisters Audrey and Dorothy and thought that was a lovely set of names.

[reuset]

is it for a pig or a train?

[Nellooo]

We had a lovely obese chocolate Labrador named Percy when I was a kid. Lovely fella.

[TinselTwins]

is it for a pig or a train?

[sonlypuppyfat]

Who ever fancied a percy

[buttercup54321]

Terrible. Really bad.

[Lemondrop09]

I prefer Percival

[thethoughtfox]

Lord Percy the thick dopey one from Blackadder

[NormaSmuff]

over riding memory of Percy the Park Keeper

[RustyBear]

Of course, on the plus side, there's Sir Percy Blakeney - the Scarlet Pimpernel. Definitely not weak, though he pretended to be!

[Topseyt]

When I was growing up in the seventies and early eighties all of the boys seemed to refer to their willies as Percy.

For that reason alone I wouldn't use it, even if I did like it.

[MiniMaxi]

Definitely Blackadder for me!

[lazydog]

Destinysdaughter: "Good...for a budgie!"

When my DH was a little boy he had a budgie called Percy. I didn't realise it was a stereotypical budgie name! 

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

I think its adorable.
I picture a very polite and well behaved little boy with red hair and glasses.

[Destinysdaughter]

Good...for a budgie!

[reuset]

I'd forgotten about the penis connection. And there's the Ralph thread somewhere, what's going on

[reuset]

I prefer it for a girl actually, short for Persephone, though spelling more like Persie...

Percy Jackson is positive association, but my 'worry' (this is at least the second time in a week Percy has been mentioned! ) is that it might date, if it becomes popular again and is short lived

Percival only if you're landed gentry and it's a family name, and even then it's not good.

[MissJC]

Just makes me think of Percy Whetmore out of Stephen Kings Green Mile. He didn't wet the sponge