Gender:
Origin:
French,
Latin
965 famous people named Percy found on Wikipedia.
31464 male, 581 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2193-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
98-th in year 1897
Used in: English
A male given name, form of Percival.
The English surname Percy, first taken by the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumbria, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival or Perseus.
Pierce valley. To penetrate the hedge.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Percy Bysshe Shelley | 1792 | English Romantic poet |
| 2 | Percy Jackson | Fictional boy and demigod, protagonist of both series Percy Jackson & the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus | |
| 3 | Percy Fawcett | 1867 | British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist |
| 4 | Percy Harvin | 1988 | American football player, wide receiver |
| 5 | Percy Sledge | 1941 | American singer |
| 6 | Percy Lavon Julian | 1899 | African-American chemist |
| 7 | Henry Percy | 1364 | English noble |
| 8 | Percy Grainger | 1882 | Australian composer, arranger and pianist |
| 9 | Walker Percy | 1916 | Southern philosophical novelist |
| 10 | Percy Watson | 1981 | American professional wrestler and professional football player |
| 11 | Percy Spencer | 1894 | American engineer and inventor |
| 12 | George Percy, Earl Percy | 1984 | British noble |
| 13 | Percy Faith | 1908 | American composer |
| 14 | Percy Florence Shelley | 1819 | British Baronet |
| 15 | Percy Helton | 1894 | American actor |
| 16 | Percy Montgomery | 1974 | South African rugby union player |
| 17 | Percy Kilbride | 1888 | Actor |
| 18 | Percy Hoven | 1965 | German television presenter and voice actor |
| 19 | Charles H. Percy | 1919 | Businessman; U.S. senator |
| 20 | Percy Shaw | 1890 | British inventor |
| 21 | Percy Daggs III | 1982 | American actor |
| 22 | Percy Williams Bridgman | 1882 | American physicist |
| 23 | Percy Adlon | 1935 | German documentary filmmaker and film producer |
| 24 | Percy Mayfield | 1920 | American singer and songwriter |
| 25 | Percy Sutton | 1920 | New York politician |
| 26 | Percy Rodriguez | 1918 | Canadian actor |
| 27 | Percy Thrower | 1913 | British gardener |
| 28 | Percy Hobart | 1885 | British Army general |
| 29 | Percy Toplis | 1896 | British criminal |
| 30 | Percy Fitzwallace | Character in The West Wing | |
| 31 | Percy French | 1854 | Irish composer and artist |
| 32 | Percy Cox | 1864 | British Indian Army general |
| 33 | Andrew Percy | 1977 | British politician |
| 34 | Percy Williams | 1908 | Canadian athlete |
| 35 | Percy Foreman | 1902 | American lawyer |
| 36 | Percy Avery Rockefeller | 1878 | American director |
| 37 | Percy Edwards | 1908 | English entertainer and ornithologist |
| 38 | Percy Schmeiser | 1931 | Canadian politician |
| 39 | George Percy | 1580 | Colonial Governor of Virginia |
| 40 | Martyn Percy | 1962 | British Anglican priest and theologian |
| 41 | Stuart Percy | 1993 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 42 | Henry de Percy, 2nd Baron Percy | 1301 | English magnate |
| 43 | Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy | 1273 | Medieval English Baron and Warlord |
| 44 | Percy Alexander MacMahon | 1854 | British mathematician |
| 45 | Percy Snow | 1967 | All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker |
| 46 | Percy Pilcher | 1866 | Aviator |
| 47 | Percy Barnevik | 1941 | Swedish businessman |
| 48 | Percy Sugden | ||
| 49 | Benjamin Percy | 1979 | American writer |
| 50 | William Alexander Percy | 1885 | American writer |
| 51 | Iain Percy | 1976 | Sailor |
| 52 | Percy Fender | 1892 | English cricketer |
| 53 | Percy Cerutty | 1895 | Australian athletics coach |
| 54 | Percy Seymour, 18th Duke of Somerset | 1910 | Duke of Somerset |
| 55 | Lady Elizabeth Percy | 1395 | English noble |
| 56 | Percy Douglas, 10th Marquess of Queensberry | 1868 | English born Scottish noble |
| 57 | Percy Chapman | 1900 | English cricketer |
| 58 | Percy Ross | 1916 | American philanthropist |
| 59 | Percy Yutar | 1911 | South African lawyer |
| 60 | Percy Sillitoe | 1888 | Director general of MI5 from 1946 to 1953 |
| 61 | Percy Dearmer | 1867 | British priest |
| 62 | Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy | 1322 | English baron and High Sheriff of Northumberland |
| 63 | Derek Percy | ||
| 64 | Percy Tau | 1994 | South African association football player |
| 65 | Win Percy | 1943 | British racing driver |
| 66 | Norma Percy | American filmmaker | |
| 67 | Percy Shakespeare | 1906 | Painter from Dudley, England. |
| 68 | Percy Charles Pickard | 1915 | RAF officer |
| 69 | LeRoy Percy | 1860 | American politician |
| 70 | Percy Weatherall | British businessman | |
| 71 | Percy Marmont | 1883 | Actor |
| 72 | Percy Priest | 1900 | American politician |
| 73 | Percy Scott | 1853 | Royal Navy admiral |
| 74 | Percy Prado | 1996 | Peruvian association football player |
| 75 | Sidney Richard Percy | 1821 | British artist |
| 76 | Percy Levar Walton | 1978 | American murderer |
| 77 | Thomas Percy | 1729 | Irish Anglican bishop |
| 78 | Percy Scholes | 1877 | British journalist |
| 79 | Percy Sykes | 1867 | British general |
| 80 | Percy Howard | 1952 | American football player |
| 81 | Karen Percy | 1966 | Alpine skier |
| 82 | Percy Wenrich | 1887 | American composer |
| 83 | Percy Alliss | 1897 | Professional golfer |
| 84 | Percy Flowers | 1903 | American businessman |
| 85 | Staffan Percy | 1946 | |
| 86 | Percy Crosby | 1891 | Recipient of the Purple Heart medal |
| 87 | Percy Noble | 1880 | Royal Navy admiral |
| 88 | Percy Spender | 1897 | Australian politician |
| 89 | Percy Whitlock | 1903 | English organist |
| 90 | Esme Percy | 1887 | Actor |
| 91 | Percy Gibson | 1885 | Peruvian writer (1885-1960) |
| 92 | Percy Lefroy Mapleton | 1860 | British murderer |
| 93 | Percy Saltzman | 1915 | Canadian television meteorologist |
| 94 | Ralph Percy | English noble | |
| 95 | Percy Metcalfe | 1895 | British artist |
| 96 | Percy Greg | 1836 | British writer |
| 97 | Percy Mills | 1909 | |
| 98 | Percy Olivares | 1968 | Peruvian footballer |
| 99 | Percy Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon | 1904 | Royal Air Force air marshal |
| 100 | Percy Ernst Schramm | 1894 | German historian and politician |
| 101 | Percy Crawford | 1902 | American evangalist |
| 102 | Percy Jocelyn | 1764 | Irish Anglican bishop |
| 103 | Percy Bland | 1970 | American mayor |
| 104 | Percy Kemp | 1952 | British writer |
| 105 | Percy Haughton | 1876 | American football player and coach, baseball coach and owner |
| 106 | Margaret Percy | 1447 | English noble |
| 107 | Percy Cradock | 1923 | British diplomat |
| 108 | Percy Erskine Nobbs | 1875 | Canadian architect |
| 109 | Percy Creuzot | 1924 | |
| 110 | Lady Katherine Percy | 1423 | English nobility |
| 111 | Percy Lubbock | 1879 | British writer |
| 112 | Cameron Percy | 1974 | Professional golfer |
| 113 | Percy Gray | 1869 | American painter |
| 114 | Percy MacKaye | 1875 | American writer |
| 115 | Percy Powell-Cotton | 1866 | British explorer |
| 116 | Percy Thomas | 1883 | English-born architect active in Wales |
| 117 | Percy Aires | 1932 | Brazilian actor |
| 118 | Percy Bates | 1879 | British businessman |
| 119 | Percy F. Westerman | 1876 | English writer known for children's books featuring navy, sea, or war |
| 120 | Percy Tait | British motorcycle racer | |
| 121 | Percy Rojas | 1949 | Peruvian footballer |
| 122 | William de Percy | Norman feudal baron of Topcliffe in Yorkshire | |
| 123 | Percy Fletcher | 1879 | British composer |
| 124 | Percy Ludgate | 1883 | Irish accountant and inventor |
| 125 | Percy Beard | 1908 | American track and field athlete, hurdler, track and field coach, Olympic silver medalist |
| 126 | Richard de Percy | 1170 | French noble |
| 127 | Percy Sonn | 1949 | South African cricket administrator |
| 128 | Percy W. Nelles | 1892 | Royal Canadian Navy admiral |
| 129 | Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford | 1780 | Anglo-Irish diplomat |
| 130 | Percy Jeeves | 1881 | English cricketer |
| 131 | Percy Qoboza | 1938 | South African journalist |
| 132 | Arthur Percy | 1886 | Swedish artist |
| 133 | Percy Kirke | 1646 | English general |
| 134 | Percy Wyndham | 1835 | British politician |
| 135 | Percy Anderson | English artist | |
| 136 | Percy Lake | 1855 | British Army general |
| 137 | Eileen Percy | 1900 | Actress |
| 138 | Lindis Percy | 1941 | British activist |
| 139 | Percy Humphrey | 1905 | American musician |
| 140 | Percy Mills, 1st Viscount Mills | 1890 | British politician |
| 141 | Percy John Heawood | 1861 | British mathematician |
| 142 | Henry Percy, Earl Percy | 1871 | British politician |
| 143 | Percy Walsh | 1888 | British actor |
| 144 | Percy Newberry | 1869 | British egyptologist |
| 145 | Percy Goetschius | 1853 | American composer |
| 146 | Percy A. Pierre | American electrical engineer | |
| 147 | Lord Henry Percy | 1817 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| 148 | Percy McDonnell | 1860 | Cricketer |
| 149 | Percy Cherry | 1895 | Australian Victoria Cross recipient |
| 150 | Percy Downe | 1954 | Canadian politician |
| 151 | Percy Freeman | 1945 | |
| 152 | Percy Deift | 1945 | American mathematician |
| 153 | Percy Standing | 1882 | Actor |
| 154 | Percy Hurd | 1864 | British politician |
| 155 | Percy Quin | 1872 | American politician |
| 156 | Percy Girouard | 1867 | Northern Nigerian governor and railway builder from Canada |
| 157 | Percy M. Young | 1912 | British musicologist |
| 158 | Percy Jones | 1892 | British boxer |
| 159 | Percy Edgar Everett | 1888 | Australian architect |
| 160 | Percy Wyn-Harris | 1903 | Governor of Gambia |
| 161 | Percy Brown | 1872 | Scholar |
| 162 | Percy Allan | 1861 | Civil engineer |
| 163 | Percy Cudlipp | 1905 | Welsh journalist |
| 164 | Percy LeSueur | 1881 | Canadian ice hockey player |
| 165 | Percy Stallard | 1909 | English racing cyclist |
| 166 | Hugh Percy | 1784 | Bishop of Carlisle; Bishop of Rochester; British Anglican bishop |
| 167 | Percy Herbert | 1885 | British bishop |
| 168 | Percy Jewett Burrell | 1877 | Author, orator, director |
| 169 | Percy Lau | 1903 | |
| 170 | Percy Greene | 1897 | American publisher |
| 171 | Percy Hansen | 1890 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross |
| 172 | Graham Percy | 1938 | New Zealand artist |
| 173 | Percy Holmes | 1886 | English Test and County cricketer |
| 174 | Stephenson Percy Smith | 1840 | Surveyor |
| 175 | Percy Mockler | 1949 | Canadian politician |
| 176 | Percy Molteno | 1861 | Cape Colony-born lawyer, director of companies, politician and philanthropist |
| 177 | Percy Hatfield | 1948 | Canadian politician |
| 178 | Percy Bady | American musician | |
| 179 | Percy Johnson-Marshall | 1915 | Engineer |
| 180 | Percy Gilchrist | 1851 | British chemist |
| 181 | Percy Weiss | 1955 | |
| 182 | Percy Statton | 1890 | Australian Victoria Cross recipient |
| 183 | Xavier Percy | 1963 | Belgian actor |
| 184 | Percy W. Griffiths | 1893 | Politician, athlete and coach |
| 185 | Percy Saunders | 1916 | English professional football left winger |
| 186 | Lord Algernon Percy | 1851 | British politician |
| 187 | Percy Black | 1877 | Australian soldier |
| 188 | Percy Hoskins | 1904 | British journalist |
| 189 | Percy Vear | 1911 | British boxer |
| 190 | Percy Beames | 1911 | Australian rules footballer |
| 191 | Percy Hodge | 1890 | British athlete |
| 192 | Percy Grieve | 1915 | British politician |
| 193 | Percy E. Lambert | 1881 | British racing driver |
| 194 | Sir Percy Harris, 1st Baronet | 1876 | British politician |
| 195 | Percy Nunn | 1870 | British eductationalist |
| 196 | Percy Fernando | Sri Lankan general | |
| 197 | Percy Shurmer | 1888 | British politician |
| 198 | Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond | 1723 | Irish earl |
| 199 | Percy Trezise | 1923 | Australian artist |
| 200 | Percy Gardner | 1846 | British archaeologist |