Percy

[roarfeckingroar]

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?

I think it's a lovely name.
My brother and SIL called their daughter Percy, it really suits her, but I've always associated it with boys.
If you like it, go for it.

No need for foul language

It reminds me of that absolute wanker that was in the green mile.Sorry.

I know a 3 year old Percy - very cute

If you're relatively posh you could get away with it but it's not a great name imo, bit twee sounding

It's a great name and yes it's not only "due a comeback" it's already coming back! Over the last ten years it's jumped from number 850 in the charts to number 399.

By the way if you look back a few years on Mumsnet the forum was horrified by the names Ralph and Albert - both are now top 100 and totally mainstream

Percy is such a wet name. Wet and twee.

@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...

@Whatsyourflava this is what I want to hear 😁

Peregrine nn Perry
Perrin

Are you looking at Percival shortened to Percy?

That avoids the knob jokes in Year 8 ?

Support for Percy?
Jockstrap?

Percy is a bad Weasley brother.

It's bloody awful.

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

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

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

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

Albert (Bertie)

Certainly sticks with the penis theme

Monty, Perry, Alfred, Ernie, Winston?

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.

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

Edwin (nn Teddy)
Merlin
Alfred
Seth
Rufus

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

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