Complete Definition of "Percy"

English

Etymology
Norman baronial surname from a place Perci in Normandy, Late Latin Persiacum, from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)si|-��(r)si

Proper noun
Percy

  1. An English surname.
  2. given name|male, transferred use of the surname since the Middle Ages, also used as a pet form of Piers and Percival.

Category:Surnames


Swedish

Proper noun
Percy

  1. given name|male||sv: borrowed from English in the nineteenth century, by folk etymology associated with Per ( =Peter).

sr:Percy

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