# Percy

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{{Infobox name
| image = Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = [Percy Bysshe Shelley](/source/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley), English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets.
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|p|3|r|s|i}}
| gender = Primarily male
| language = [English](/source/English_language)
| languageorigin = [Norman](/source/Norman_language)
| origin = Percy (surname)
| region = [Normandy](/source/Normandy)
| variant =
{{Plainlist|
* Percey
* Percie
* [Perci](/source/Perci_(disambiguation))
}}
| related names = [Percival](/source/Percival_(given_name)), [Perseus](/source/Perseus_(disambiguation)), [Persephone](/source/Persephone_(given_name)), [Persis](/source/Persis_(given_name))
}}

The English surname '''Percy''' is of [Norman](/source/Normans) origin, coming from [Normandy](/source/Normandy) to [England](/source/England), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom). It was from the [House of Percy](/source/House_of_Percy), Norman lords of [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), and derives from the village of [Percy-en-Auge](/source/Percy-en-Auge) in [Normandy](/source/Normandy). From there, it came into use as a mostly masculine and rarely feminine given name. It is also a short form of the given name [Percival](/source/Percival_(given_name)), [Perseus](/source/Perseus_(disambiguation)), etc.

==People==

===Surname===
* [Alf Percy](/source/Alf_Percy), Scottish footballer
* [Algernon Percy (disambiguation)](/source/Algernon_Percy_(disambiguation))
* [Allan Percy](/source/Allan_Percy) (1577–1611), English politician
* [Charles H. Percy](/source/Charles_H._Percy) (1919–2011), American businessman and politician
* [Eileen Percy](/source/Eileen_Percy) (1902–1973), Irish-born American actress
* [George Percy (governor)](/source/George_Percy_(governor)) (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor
* [Henry Percy (disambiguation)](/source/Henry_Percy_(disambiguation))
* [Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland](/source/Hugh_Percy%2C_2nd_Duke_of_Northumberland) (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
* [Isabelle Clark Percy West](/source/Isabelle_Clark_Percy_West) (1882–1976), American artist and educator
*[James Gilbert Percy](/source/James_Gilbert_Percy) (1921–2015), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient
* [Jervis Percy](/source/Jervis_Percy) (1928–2026), British modern pentathlete
* [John Percy (disambiguation)](/source/John_Percy_(disambiguation))
* [LeRoy Percy](/source/LeRoy_Percy) (1860–1929), American planter and politician
* [Pierre-Francois Percy](/source/Pierre-Francois_Percy) (1754–1825), French surgeon
* [Richard Percy](/source/Richard_Percy) (died 1648), English soldier
* [Samuel Percy](/source/Samuel_Percy) (1750-1820) Irish-born wax-modeller of portraits
* [Thomas Percy (disambiguation)](/source/Thomas_Percy_(disambiguation))
* [Walker Percy](/source/Walker_Percy) (1916–1990), American author
* [William Percy (disambiguation)](/source/William_Percy_(disambiguation))

===Given name===
====Men====
* [Percy Abercrombie](/source/Percy_Abercrombie) (1884–1964), Australian football player
* [Percy Addleshaw](/source/Percy_Addleshaw) (1866–1916), English barrister and writer
* [Percy Adlon](/source/Percy_Adlon) (1935–2024), German film and television director, writer, and producer
* [Percy Barnevik](/source/Percy_Barnevik) (1941–2025), Swedish business executive
* [Percy Williams Bridgman](/source/Percy_Williams_Bridgman) (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics
* [Percy Butler (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Butler_(disambiguation)), multiple people
* [Percie Charlton](/source/Percie_Charlton) (1867–1954), Australian cricketer
* [Percy Cherrett](/source/Percy_Cherrett) (1899–1984), English footballer
* [Percy Cox](/source/Percy_Cox) (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat
* [Percy Dawson (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Dawson_(disambiguation))
* [Percy Dearmer](/source/Percy_Dearmer) (1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer
* [Percy Dickie](/source/Percy_Dickie) (1907–1987), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Blackburn
* [Percy Edwards](/source/Percy_Edwards) (1908–1996), English entertainer, ornithologist and animal impersonator
* [Percy Faith](/source/Percy_Faith) (1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
* [Percy Fawcett](/source/Percy_Fawcett) (1867–?), British soldier, archaeologist and explorer
* [Percy Fernando](/source/Percy_Fernando) (1952–2000), Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general
* [Percy Foreman](/source/Percy_Foreman), American lawyer
* [Percy French](/source/Percy_French) (1854–1920), Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter
* [Percy Gardner](/source/Percy_Gardner) (1846–1937), English classical archaeologist
* [Percy Grainger](/source/Percy_Grainger) (1882–1961), Australian-born composer and pianist
* [Percy Grant (Royal Navy officer)](/source/Percy_Grant_(Royal_Navy_officer)) (1867–1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy
* [Percy Stickney Grant](/source/Percy_Stickney_Grant) (1860–1927), American Episcopal priest
* [Percy Greene](/source/Percy_Greene) (1897–1977) American newspaper editor and journalist
* [Percy Harvin](/source/Percy_Harvin) (born 1988), American football player
* [Percy Heath](/source/Percy_Heath) (1923–2005), American jazz bassist
* [Percy Helton](/source/Percy_Helton) (1894–1971), American actor
* [Percy Herbert (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Herbert_(disambiguation))
* [Percy C. Ifill](/source/Percy_C._Ifill) (1913–1973), American architect
* [Percy Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Jones_(disambiguation))
* [Percy Hague Jowett](/source/Percy_Hague_Jowett) (1882–1955), British artist and arts administrator
* [Percy Lavon Julian](/source/Percy_Lavon_Julian) (1899–1975), American research chemist
* [Percy William Justyne](/source/Percy_William_Justyne) (1812–1883), English artist
* [Percy Kachipande](/source/Percy_Kachipande) (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
* [Percy Kilbride](/source/Percy_Kilbride) (1888–1964), American actor
* [Percy Ludgate](/source/Percy_Ludgate) (1883–1922), Irish amateur scientist who designed the second analytical engine in history
* [Percy Lynsdale](/source/Percy_Lynsdale) (1928–1997), Iraqi football player
* [Percy Lowe](/source/Percy_Lowe) (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
* [Percy MacKaye](/source/Percy_MacKaye) (1875–1956), American dramatist and poet
* [Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa](/source/Mahinda_Rajapaksa) (born 1945), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
* [Percy Marmont](/source/Percy_Marmont) (1883–1977), English actor
* [Percy Metcalfe](/source/Percy_Metcalfe) (1895–1970), English artist and currency designer
* Percy Robert Miller, aka [Master P](/source/Master_P), hip-hop artist and entrepreneur
* Percy Romeo Miller (born 1989), aka [Romeo Miller](/source/Romeo_Miller), hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert
* [Percy Montgomery](/source/Percy_Montgomery) (born 1974), South African rugby player
* [Percy Erskine Nobbs](/source/Percy_Erskine_Nobbs) (1875–1964), Scottish-born Canadian architect
* [Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)](/source/Percy_Noble_(Royal_Navy_officer)) (1880–1955), British Second World War admiral, Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches
* [Percy Verner Noble](/source/Percy_Verner_Noble) (1902–1996), Canadian Member of Parliament
* [Percy Orthwein](/source/Percy_Orthwein) (1888–1957), American businessman
* [Percy Paris](/source/Percy_Paris), Canadian Politician
* [Percy Parsons](/source/Percy_Parsons) (1878–1944), American actor
* [Percy Pepoon](/source/Percy_Pepoon) (1861–1939), American politician
* [Percy Quin](/source/Percy_Quin) (1872–1932), American politician
* [Percy Avery Rockefeller](/source/Percy_Avery_Rockefeller) (1878–1934), American businessman
* [Percy Rodriguez (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Rodriguez_(disambiguation))
* [Percy Rojas](/source/Percy_Rojas) (born 1949), Peruvian football player
* [Percy Ross](/source/Percy_Ross) (1916–2001), American philanthropist
* [Percy Schmeiser](/source/Percy_Schmeiser) (1931–2020), Saskatchewan Member of Legislative Assembly, farmer, and Canadian Supreme Court defendant
* [Percy Shaw](/source/Percy_Shaw) (1890–1976), English inventor and businessman
* [Percy Bysshe Shelley](/source/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley) (1792–1822), English poet
* [Percy Sledge](/source/Percy_Sledge) (1940–2015), American R&B and soul singer
* [Percy Smith (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Smith_(disambiguation))
* [Percey F. Smith](/source/Percey_F._Smith) (1867–1956), American mathematician
* [Percy Spencer](/source/Percy_Spencer) (1894–1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
* [Percy Spender](/source/Percy_Spender) (1897–1985), Australian politician and diplomat
* [Percy Stone](/source/Percy_Stone) (1856–1934), British architect
* [Percy Sutton](/source/Percy_Sutton) (1920–2009), American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
* [Percy Tau](/source/Percy_Tau) (born 1994), South African football player
* [Percy Thrower](/source/Percy_Thrower) (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
* [Percy Trompf](/source/Percy_Trompf) (1902–1964), Australian commercial artist
* [Percy Vear](/source/Percy_Vear) (1911–1983), British professional boxer
* [Percy Wenrich](/source/Percy_Wenrich) (1887–1952), American composer 
* [Percy White](/source/Percy_White) (1888–1918), Australian rugby player
* [Percy White (cricketer)](/source/Percy_White_(cricketer)) (1868–1946), New Zealand cricketer
* [Percy White (nuclear scientist)](/source/Percy_White_(nuclear_scientist)) (1916–2013), British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist
* [Percy Whitlock](/source/Percy_Whitlock) (1903–1946), English organist and composer
* [Percy Wickremasekera](/source/Percy_Wickremasekera), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician, lawyer, and trade unionist
* [Percy Williams (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Williams_(disambiguation))
* [Perce Wilson](/source/Perce_Wilson) (1890–1936), American football player
* [Percy Wilson (footballer)](/source/Percy_Wilson_(footballer)) (1889–1941), Australian football player
* [Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)](/source/Percy_Wyndham_(disambiguation))
* [Percy M. Young](/source/Percy_M._Young) (1912–2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
* [Percy Yutar](/source/Percy_Yutar) (1911–2002), South African attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

====Women====
* [Percy Haswell](/source/Percy_Haswell) (1871–1945), American Silent film actress
* [Percy Maxim Lee](/source/Percy_Maxim_Lee) (1906–2002), American political and social reformer
* [Percy Tuhaise](/source/Percy_Tuhaise) (born 1960), Ugandan lawyer and judge

==Fictional characters==
* [Sir Percy Blakeney](/source/Sir_Percy_Blakeney), the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name and various related works
* [Percy Dovetonsils](/source/Percy_Dovetonsils), created and played by American television comedian Ernie Kovacs
* [Percy Jackson](/source/Percy_Jackson), a son of Poseidon and main character in ''[Camp Half-Blood Chronicles](/source/Camp_Half-Blood_Chronicles)''
* Judge Percy Merrick, character in ''[High Noon](/source/High_Noon)''
* Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series ''[VeggieTales](/source/VeggieTales)''
* Percy Polie, on the animated children's series ''[Rolie Polie Olie](/source/Rolie_Polie_Olie)''
* Percy Patterson, character in ''[Smallfoot](/source/Smallfoot)''
* [Lord Percy Percy](/source/Lord_Percy_Percy), two related characters in the popular British sitcom ''Blackadder''
* Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III, a human gunslinger in the D&D web series ''[Critical Role](/source/Critical_Role)''
* [Percy Sugden](/source/Percy_Sugden), on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* [Percy Weasley](/source/Percy_Weasley), in the ''Harry Potter'' series
* [Percy Wetmore](/source/Percy_Wetmore), from Stephen King's novel ''The Green Mile''
* [Percy the Park Keeper](/source/Percy_the_Park_Keeper), in the British children's television series of the same name
* [Black Knight (Sir Percy)](/source/Black_Knight_(Sir_Percy)), a Marvel Comics character
* Percy the Dog, in ''[Pocahontas](/source/Pocahontas_(1995_film))''
* Percy the Penguin, on the animated children's series ''[Jake and the Never Land Pirates](/source/Jake_and_the_Never_Land_Pirates)''
* [Percy the Small Engine](/source/Percy_the_Small_Engine), in ''[the Railway Series](/source/the_Railway_Series)'' and ''[Thomas & Friends](/source/Thomas_%26_Friends)''
* Percy, on the animated American television series ''[Clarence](/source/Clarence_(U.S._TV_series))''
* Percy, on the animated American television series ''[Amphibia](/source/Amphibia_(TV_series))''
* Percy, on the 2020 film ''[Percy](/source/Percy_(2020_film))'' 
* Percy, a hunter in the video game ''[Identity V](/source/Identity_V)''

==See also==
* [Percy (1925 film)](/source/Percy_(1925_film))
* [Percy (1971 film)](/source/Percy_(1971_film))
* [Percey F. Smith](/source/Percey_F._Smith) (1867–1956), American mathematician
* [Percie Charlton](/source/Percie_Charlton) (1867–1954), Australian cricketer
* [Piercey](/source/Piercey), a list of people with the surname
* {{look from}}
* {{in title}}

==External links==
{{Wiktionary|Percy}}

*[http://www.actualworld.net/nominallibrary.html Nominal Library: Percy]

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Category:English given names
Category:Masculine given names
Category:Hypocorisms
Category:English masculine given names

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