Percy as a girls name - thoughts?

[ellecf21]

Not my bag at all, but I'm watching The Sinner on Netflix and they use Percy for one of the female characters. It's strange how normal it sounds, really suits the character (let's ignore the plot), what are your thoughts?

Desperate to be cool is true. And what's depressing is it's cooler for a girl be be associated with a male name (and stereotypically male behaviour). A boy called Daphne, who liked My Little Pony, wouldn't be 'cool' because male is a promotion and female is a demotion.

Boys' names for girls is perpetrating the idea that being a boy is better.

I like Persephone. Natural nicknames are Percy or sephy.

No, it's awful.

I love Persephone and Persie would be a natural nickname if you liked the sound. There was a remake of Upstairs Downstairs with a character called Persie played by Claire Foy and it's stayed with me.

What about Perdy as nickname for Perdita.

If she turns out to be trans it'll be convenient as she won't need to change her name.

@mibbelucieachwell

The husband of actress Joan Collins is named Percy.

Don't like it. I think of percy pig, purses, pursed lips, someone with a very Norfolk accent saying purposely or pussy (as in cat of course), not to mention the words mercy, pervy, mercilessly. Maybe I need to go see a Dr.