Percy

French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge

"one who pierces the valley"

Percy Origin and Meaning

The name Percy is a boy's name of French origin.

Percy is an adorable old name that is finally shedding its pampered Little Lord Fauntleroy image in this new era of boys with soft yet traditionally male names like Jasper and Elijah. Originating as an aristocratic Norman name, Percy became fairly widespread in England--and to some extent in the US--as an offshoot of the fame of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Percy Bresnahan is a character in the Sinclair Lewis novel Main Street, and one of Thomas the Tank Engine's sidekicks is named Percy; Percy Ignatius Weasley is a Harry Potter character and Perseus "Percy" Jackson is the protagonist of the Heroes of Olympus series.

Percy Rank in US Top 1000

# 931 in the US

Percy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 178 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Percy

• 178 Nameberry 2025
• 558 Unique 2023
• 368 England 2023
• 75 Cats 2022

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Famous People Named Percy

• Percy Tyrone Sledge American R&B singer
• Percy Bysshe Shelley English poet
• William Percival "Percy" Harvin American football player
• Percy Lavon Julian American chemist and inventor
• Percy Lebaron Spencer American inventor
• Percy Aldridge Grainger Australian composer
• Percy Faith Canadian bandleader
• Percy Heath American jazz bassist
• Percy Walker Nelles Canadian naval chief
• Percy Mayfield American songwriter
• Percy Romeo Miller Jr. aka Romeo, American rapper
• Percy Williams Bridgman American physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• (Arthur) Percy Frank Chapman English cricketer
• Percy George Herbert Fender English cricketer
• Percy Lee Snow American NFL football player
• Percy Robert Plant's nickname in English band Led Zeppelin

The name Percy in Pop Culture

• Perseus "Percy" Jackson main character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and The Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus
• Percival Ignatius "Percy" Weasley character in the Harry Potter series
• Percy Blakeney character in "The Scarlet Pimpernel"
• Percy Wetmore character in Stephen King's "The Green Mile"
• Percy Grimm murderer of Joe Christmas, acting in the name of patriotism, in Faulkner's "Light in August" (1932)
• Percy engine in animated series "Thomas and Friends"
• Percy character in the Shadow Children series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
• Percy baby owl in "Owl Babies" by Martin Waddell
• Percy Pig brand of gummy candy
• Percy the Park Keeper book and TV series by Nick Butterworth
• "Percy's Song " song by Bob Dylan