The English surname Percy is of

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

origin, coming from

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, United Kingdom. It was from the

House of Percy A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condit ...

, Norman lords of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on ...

, derives from the village of

Percy-en-Auge Percy-en-Auge (, literally ''Percy in Auge'') is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mézidon Vallée d'Auge. It is the ancestral home of ...

. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival,

Perseus In Greek mythology, Perseus (Help:IPA/English, /ˈpɜːrsiəs, -sjuːs/; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of Mycenae and of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus ...

, etc.

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Alf Percy Andrew Main Alfred Percy was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Scottish League for Leith Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Montrose. He also played in the Football League for Clapton Orient Leyton Orien ...

, Scottish footballer *

Algernon Percy (disambiguation) Algernon Percy may refer to: *Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland (1602–1668), English military leader *Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley (1750–1830), peer known as Lord Algernon Percy from 1766–86 *Hon. Algernon Percy (diplomat) ( ...

Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011) was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 ...

(1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor *

Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, 4th Baron Percy, titular King of Mann, KG, Lord Marshal (10 November 134120 February 1408) was the son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England. His mother was Mar ...

(1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England *

Henry Percy (Hotspur) Sir Henry Percy (20 May 1364 – 21 July 1403), nicknamed Hotspur, was an English knight who fought in several campaigns against the Scots in the northern border and against the French during the Hundred Years' War. The nickname "Hots ...

(1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War * James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient *

John Percy (disambiguation) John Percy may refer to: *John Percy (Jesuit) (1569–1641), English Jesuit priest and controversialist *John Percy (metallurgist) (1817–1889), English physician and metallurgist *John de Percy, MP for Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a City st ...

* LeRoy Percy (1860–1929), American planter and politician * Pierre-Francois Percy (1754–1825), French surgeon * Richard Percy (died 1648), English soldier * Samuel Percy (1750-1820) Irish-born wax-modeller of portraits * Thomas Percy (disambiguation) * Walker Percy (1916–1990), American author * William Percy (disambiguation)

Given name

* Percy Abercrombie (1884–1964), Australian football player * Percy Addleshaw (1866–1916), English barrister and writer * Percy Adlon (born 1935), German film and television director, writer, and producer * Percy Barnevik (born 1941), Swedish business executive * Percy Williams Bridgman (1882–1961), Nobel Prize winner in physics *

Percy Butler (disambiguation) Percy Butler may refer to: * Percy M. Butler (1912–2015), British zoologist and paleontologist * Percy Butler (American football) Percy Butler III (born May 29, 2000) is an American football safety for the Washington Commanders of the Nationa ...

, multiple people *

Percy Cherrett Percy Albert Mark Cherrett (12 September 1899 – 1984) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle, Crystal Palace, Bristol City and Bournemouth & Boscombe. Life and caree ...

(1899–1984), English footballer * Percy Cox (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat *

Percy Dawson (disambiguation) Percy Dawson may refer to: * Percy Dawson (baseball), American baseballer * Percy Dawson (footballer) (1890–1974), English footballer with Hearts and Blackburn * Percy Dawson (lawyer) (1865–1916), Australian lawyer {{hndis, Dawson, Per ...

Percy Dearmer Percival Dearmer (1867–1936) was an English priest and liturgist best known as the author of ''The Parson's Handbook'', a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy, and as editor of ''The English Hymnal''. A lifelong socialist, he was an early ad ...

(1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer *

Percy Dickie Percy Dickie (11 December 1907 – 1987) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward or left half. He began his senior career at hometown club Aberdeen in 1929 but was unable to establish himself as a regular,

(1907–1987), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Blackburn * Percy Edwards (1908–1996), English entertainer, ornithologist and animal impersonator *

Percy Faith Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listenin ...

(1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor *

Percy Fawcett Percy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 during or after 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America. Fawcett disappeared in 1925 (along with his eldest son, Jack, and one of J ...

(1867–?), British soldier, archaeologist and explorer *

Percy Fernando Major General Percy Fernando, RWP, RSP, psc, CR (died 2000) was a Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at Elephant Pass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special Forces Brigade. ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala army major general * Percy French (1854–1920), Irish songwriter, entertainer and painter * Percy Gardner (1846–1937), English classical archaeologist * Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-born composer and pianist *

Percy Grant (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, (23 September 1867 – 8 September 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1919 to 1921. Naval career Grant saw service in the ...

(1867–1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy *

Percy Stickney Grant Percy Stickney Grant (1860–1927) was an American Episcopal priest. Grant was born in Boston and was educated at Harvard University ( AB, 1883; AM, 1886) and at the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts ( BD, 1886). He was a c ...

(1860–1927), American Episcopal priest *

Percy Harvin William Percival Harvin III (born May 28, 1988) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Florida, when the Gators won the BCS National Championship in 2006 and 2008, and was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings o ...

(born 1988), American football player *

Percy Heath Percy Heath (April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005) was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout ...

(1923–2005), American jazz bassist * Percy Helton (1894–1971), American actor *

Percy Herbert (disambiguation) Percy Herbert may refer to: * Percy Herbert (actor) (1920–1992), British film and television actor * Percy Herbert (bishop) (1885–1968), English bishop * Percy Herbert (cricketer) (1878-1958), English cricketer * Percy Herbert, 2nd Baron Powis ...

Percy Jones (disambiguation) Percy Jones may refer to: * Percy L. Jones (1875–1941), US Army Medical Corps officer * Percy Jones (rugby union) (1887–1969), Welsh international rugby player * Percy Mansell Jones (1889–1968), Welsh professor of French at Bangor and Manc ...

Percy Hague Jowett Percy Hague Jowett (1882–1955) was a British artist and arts administrator, principal of the Royal College of Art. Jowett was born in Halifax, Yorkshire in 1882. He studied art at Leeds College of Art and London's Royal College of Art. In 1927 ...

(1882–1955), British artist and arts administrator * Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), American research chemist *

Percy William Justyne Percy William Justyne (1812 – 6 June 1883) was an English artist and book illustrator. Biography Justyne was the son of Percy and Anne Justyne, was born at Rochester in Kent in 1812. He was educated for the Royal Navy, and went on a surveyin ...

(1812–1883), English artist *

Percy Kachipande Safiel Percy Kachipande (born 16 February 1944) is a Malawian politician and former diplomat. Kachipande is a former civil servant and diplomat for Malawi diplomatic missions to Germany, US and South Africa. He was the deputy ambassador and la ...

(born 1944), Malawian diplomat * Percy Kilbride (1888–1964), American actor * Percy Lansdale (born 1928), Iraqi football player * Percy Lowe (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist * Percy MacKaye (1875–1956), American dramatist and poet * Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa (born 1945), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka * Percy Marmont (1883–1977), English actor *

Percy Metcalfe Percy Metcalfe, CVO, RDI (14 January 1895 Wakefield – 9 October 1970 Fulham Hospital, Hammersmith, London), (often spelled ''Metcalf'' without "e") was an English artist, sculptor and designer. He is recognised mostly for his coin designs a ...

(1895–1970), English artist and currency designer * Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, hip-hop artist and entrepreneur * Percy Romeo Miller (born 1989), aka Romeo Miller, hip-hop artist, college basketball player, entertainer and son of Percy Robert * Percy Montgomery (born 1974), South African rugby player *

Percy Erskine Nobbs Percy Erskine Nobbs (August 11, 1875 – November 5, 1964) was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, East Lothian, and trained in the United Kingdom. Educated at the Edinburgh Collegiate School and Edinburgh University, he spent ...

(1875–1964), Scottish-born Canadian architect * Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer) (1880–1955), British Second World War admiral, Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches *

Percy Verner Noble Percy Verner Noble (18 December 1902 – 19 June 1996) was a Canadian politician who served as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament. Noble was born in Shallow L ...

(1902–1996), Canadian Member of Parliament *

Percy Orthwein Percy Orthwein (November 27, 1888 – July 2, 1957) was an American heir and business executive in advertising from St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Orthwein was born on November 27, 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri to William D. Orthwein, a Ge ...

(1888–1957), American businessman *

Percy Parsons Edward Percy Parsons (1878–1944) was an American actor and singer who worked largely in the British film industry. Selected filmography * ''Suspense (1930 film), Suspense'' (1930) * ''Beyond the Cities'' (1930) * ''Creeping Shadows'' (1931) * ' ...

(1878–1944), American actor *

Percy Pepoon Percy Pepoon (November 11, 1861 - September 7, 1939) was an American politician who served in the Missouri Senate. He previously served as mayor of Hardy, Arkansas Hardy is the 2nd oldest city in Sharp and Fulton counties in the U.S. state of ...

(1861–1939), American politician *

Percy Quin Percy Edwards Quin (October 30, 1872 – February 4, 1932) was an American politician from Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1932. Percy was best known for his stocks and bonds i ...

(1872–1932), American politician *

Percy Avery Rockefeller Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934) was a board director who founded and was vice president of Owenoke Corporation. He is the son of American Businessman William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and the nephew of Standard Oil ...

(1878–1934), American businessman *

Percy Rojas Percy Rojas Montero (born September 16, 1949) is a retired football midfielder from Peru. He played on Selección de fútbol de Perú at two FIFA World Cups ( 1978 and 1982). He played in the 1975 Copa América Finals with the Peru national t ...

(born 1949), Peruvian football player *

Percy Ross Percy Ross (November 22, 1916 – November 14, 2001) was an American multi-millionaire. He arrived in St. Louis Park, Minnesota around 1946–1947. He was associated with Ross and Ross Auctioneers. In 1959 he purchased a company called Poly-Tech, ...

(1916–2001), American philanthropist *

Percy Schmeiser Percy Schmeiser (5 January 193113 October 2020) was a Canadian businessman, farmer, and politician. In 1954, he took over the operations of the family owned farm, gas station, and farm equipment dealership. He renamed the farm equipment dealersh ...

(1931-2020), Saskatchewan Member of Legislative Assembly, farmer, and Canadian Supreme Court defendant *

Percy Shaw Percy Shaw, (15 April 1890 – 1 September 1976) was an English inventor and businessman. He patented the reflective road stud or "cat's eye (road), cat's eye" in 1934, and set up a company to manufacture his invention in 1935. Biography Perc ...

(1890–1976), English inventor and businessman *

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 17928 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achie ...

(1792–1822), English poet * Percy Sledge (1940–2015), American R&B and soul singer *

Percy Smith (disambiguation) Percy Smith is the name of: Politics * Percy Smith (Australian politician) (1920–2002), known as Ray, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Percy Smith (Canadian politician) (1922–2009), member of the House of Commons Science * F. P ...

Percy Spencer Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Early life Spencer was born in Howland, Maine. Eighteen months later, Spencer's father d ...

(1894–1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven *

Percy Spender Sir Percy Claude Spender (5 October 18973 May 1985) was an Australian politician, diplomat, and judge. He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1951, including as a cabinet minister under Robert Menzies and Arthur Fadden. He was ...

(1897–1985), Australian politician and diplomat *

Percy Stone Percy Goddard Stone (15 March 1856 – 21 March 1934) was an English architect, author and archaeologist who worked extensively on the Isle of Wight, where he lived for most of his life. He designed and restored several churches on the isla ...

(1856–1934), British architect * Percy Sutton (1920–2009), American politician, civil rights activist and businessman *

Percy Tau Percy Muzi Tau (born 13 May 1994) is a South African professional soccer player who plays for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly SC as a forward and the South African national team. Tau began his footballing career with Premier Soccer Leagu ...

(1994), South African football player *

Percy Thrower Percy John Thrower (30 January 1913 – 18 March 1988) was a British gardener, horticulturist, Television presenter, broadcaster and writer born at Horwood House in the village of Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire. He became nationally known thr ...

(1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer * Percy Trompf (1902–1964), Australian commercial artist *

Percy Vear Hermann "Percy" Vear (12 July 1911 – 16 March 1983), born in Crossflatts, Bingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was a British professional boxer during the 1920s and 1930s. Brought up in Crossflatts during the First World War, Vear ...

(1911–1983), British professional boxer *

Percy Wenrich Percy Wenrich (January 23, 1880 – March 17, 1952) was an American composer of ragtime and popular music. Personal life and career Born in Joplin, Missouri to Daniel Wenrich and Mary Ray, he left for Chicago in 1901 where he attended classe ...

(1887–1952), American composer *

Percy White Percy Rowett White (1888–1918) was an Australian pioneer rugby league player. He played in the New South Wales Rugby League competition at the time of the code's Australian foundation in 1908, and won a premiership with Sydney's Sydney Roost ...

(1888–1918), Australian rugby player *

Percy White (cricketer) Percy White (26 June 1868 – 19 October 1946) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zeala ...

(1868–1946), New Zealand cricketer *

Percy White (nuclear scientist) Percival Albert Frederick White OBE (16 July 1916 – 8 January 2013) was a British people, British chemist, metallurgy, metallurgist and Nuclear physics, nuclear scientist who was involved in the creation and testing of Britain's first nuclear ...

(1916–2013), British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist *

Percy Whitlock Percy William Whitlock (1 June 1903 in Chatham, Medway, Chatham, Kent – 1 May 1946 in Bournemouth), was an English organist and Post-romanticism, post-romantic composer. Percy Whitlock studied at London's Royal College of Music with Charles ...

(1903–1946), English organist and composer *

Percy Wickremasekera Percy Wickremasekera is Sri Lankan lawyer, politician and trade unionist. He was the General Secretary of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union and a member of the Politburo of the LSSP. Educated at the Royal College, Colombo and at the Col ...

, Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician, lawyer, and trade unionist *

Percy Williams (disambiguation) Percy Williams may refer to: * Percy Williams (sprinter) (1908–1982), Canadian athlete * Percy Williams (New Zealand rugby league player), played for Wigan and New Zealand in the 1910s * Percy Williams (Australian rugby league player) (1910–1996 ...

Perce Wilson Percival James "Perce" Wilson (February 22, 1890 – September 20, 1936), sometimes shown as Percy Wilson, was an American football player. He was the quarterback for the 1920 Detroit Heralds during the first regular season of the National F ...

(1890–1936), American football player *

Percy Wilson (footballer) Percival Edward Wilson (31 March 1889 – 28 March 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s. A rover, Wilson won two premierships with Col ...

(1889–1941), Australian football player *

Percy Wyndham (disambiguation) Percy Wyndham may refer to: * Percy Charles Wyndham (1757–1833), English Member of Parliament for Chichester 1782–1784, and for Midhurst 1790–1796 * Percy Wyndham (soldier) (1833–1879), British soldier and adventurer in the Battle of Thorou ...

* Percy M. Young (1912–2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher *

Percy Yutar Percy Yutar (29 July 1911 – 13 July 2002) was a lawyer who became South Africa's first Jewish attorney-general. He is most noted as the state prosecutor in the Rivonia trial in which anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela and seven others were c ...

(1911–2002), South African attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial

Fictional characters

* Sir Percy Blakeney, the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name and various related works *

Percy Dovetonsils Percy Dovetonsils is a fictional character created and played by television comedian Ernie Kovacs. It is probably the best remembered of Kovacs' many TV incarnations. Percy was always introduced with a sweeping flourish of harp music as a "poet l ...

, created and played by American television comedian Ernie Kovacs * Percy Jackson, a son of Poseidon and main character in the ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' book series * Judge Percy Merrick, character in ''

High Noon ''High Noon'' is a 1952 American Western film produced by Stanley Kramer from a screenplay by Carl Foreman, directed by Fred Zinnemann, and starring Gary Cooper. The plot, which occurs in real time, centers on a town marshal whose sense of ...

'' * Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series '' VeggieTales'' * Percy Polie, on the children's show '' Rolie Polie Olie'' * 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'' *

Percy Sugden Percy Sugden is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Bill Waddington. He appeared between 1983 and 1997. Creation The character was introduced to ''Coronation Street'' as a potential caretaker o ...

, on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *

Percy Weasley The Ministry of Magic is the government of the Magical community of Britain in J. K. Rowling's Wizarding World, headed by an official entitled the Minister for Magic. The magical government in Britain is first mentioned in ''Harry Potter and t ...

, in the ''Harry Potter'' series *

Percy Wetmore ''The Green Mile'' is a 1999 American fantasy drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and based on Stephen King's 1996 novel of the same name. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard during the Great Depression who witnesses s ...

, from Stephen King's novel ''The Green Mile'' *

Percy the Park Keeper ''Percy the Park Keeper'' is a British animated 1996-1999 children's television series based on the popular books by British author Nick Butterworth. It features Percy, and many wild animals, including the Badger, the Fox, the Owl, the Mice, the ...

, in the British children's TV series of the same name * Percy the Small Engine, in ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' * Percy the Dog, in '' Pocahontas'' * Percy, on the animated American TV series ''

Clarence Clarence may refer to: Places Australia * Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division * Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow * Clarence River (New South Wales) * Clarence Strait (Northern Territory) * City of Clarence, a loca ...

'' * Percy the Penguin, on the children's show '' Jake and the Never Land Pirates'' * Black Knight (Sir Percy), a Marvel Comics character * Percy, on the animated American television series ''

Amphibia Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...

'' * Percy, a hunter in the video game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Play Stor ...

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