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Percival name meaning

First Name
1k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
3k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Percival mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Percival

User Submitted Origins

English
67%
French
17%
Anglo-Saxon
8%
African
8%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Canada, the name Percival means "Wielder of the Lance".
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Wiktionary

From Old French Perceval, name of a knight in a twelfth century Arthurian romance by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes. Shaped like Old French perce (“pierce”) + val (“valley”), but probably representing some Gaulish or Old Welsh name, possibly related to Welsh Peredur, from ber (“spear, lance”), from Proto-Celtic *beru (“spit”) + dur (“hard metal, steel”). Cognate with German Parzival and Parsifal.

  1. A male given name from the Celtic languages.
  2. A patronymic surname​.
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Notable Persons Named Percival

Notable Persons Named Percival

Percival Lowell

Percival Lowell was a scientist in the field of astronomy. Percival was born on March 13th, 1855 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. He left this life on November 12th, 1916.

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P. J. Patterson

P. J. Patterson is a Minister of Defence, Deputy Prime Minister of Jamaica, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade, Prime Minister of Jamaica, and Cabinet of Jamaica. He was most active from 1992 to 2006. P. was given the name Percival Noel James Patterson on April 10th, 1935 in Hanover Parish.

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Percival Everett

Percival Everett is a writer.

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Percival Christopher Wren

Percival Christopher Wren was a writer. Percival was born Percival Christopher Wren on November 1st, 1875 in Deptford. He breathed his last breath on November 22nd, 1941.

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B. P. Schulberg

B. P. Schulberg is a film producer and movie studio executive. B. was given the name Percival Schulberg .

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Percival Proctor Baxter

Percival Proctor Baxter was a Governor of Maine. His career lasted from 1921 to 1925. Percival was born on November 22nd, 1876 in Portland, Maine. He breathed his last breath on June 12th, 1969.

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  • Percival Molson
    Gridiron Football Player
  • Percival Drayton
    Military Person
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    Make-up Artist
  • Percival Wilde
    Comedian
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  • Percival Stanley Turner
    Aviator
  • Percy Brookfield
    Miner
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  • Major Percival James Savage
    Soldier

Notable Persons With the Last Name Percival

Notable Persons With the Last Name Percival

Arthur Ernest Percival

Arthur Ernest Percival is a military person.

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Lance Percival

He was most prominent from 1961 to 2015. Lance was given the name John Lancelot Blades Percival on July 26th, 1933 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. He breathed his last breath on January 6th, 2015.

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Troy Percival

Troy Percival is a baseball player. Troy was born on August 9th, 1969 in Fontana, California.

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Brian Percival

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Thomas Percival

Thomas was born in 1740. He breathed his last breath in 1804.

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Daniel Percival

Daniel was born in 1980 in Leeds.

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Common last names for Percival

Common first names for Percival

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Percival U.S.
█  White 85.14% 64.26%
█  African American 8.29% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 1.21% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.57% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.48% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 3.32% 16.26%

Of Last Name Percival

People with the last name Percival are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Percival

  • How Popular is the name Percival? Percival is the 10,557th most popular name of all time. As a last name Percival was the 9,767th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Percival have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,053 babies born with the first name Percival in the United States. That's more than enough people named Percival to occupy the territory of Niue (New Zealand) with an estimated population of 1,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Percival? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Percival first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Percival is Sunday, January 9th, 1870.
  • What year had the most people named Percival born? The highest recorded use of the first name Percival was in 2019 with a total of 37 babies.
  • Random Percival Factoid: According to the 1922 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Percival is not a popular baby boy's name in North Carolina. Imagine that, only 5 babies in North Carolina have the same name in 1922.
  • Weird things about the name Percival: The name spelled backwards is Lavicrep. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Prlveiac. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Percival? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 3,317 people with the last name Percival.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Percival? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 1 of them will have Percival as their last name.
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