Percival

Male: 2 countries

Origin: Celtic

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 percier (“pierce”) + val (“valley”), but probably representing some Gaulish or Old Welsh name, possibly related to Welsh Peredur, from ber (“spear, lance”) (from Middle Welsh ber, from Proto-Brythonic *ber, from Proto-Celtic *beru (“spit”)) + dur (“hard metal, steel”) (see Latin durus). Cognate with German Parzival and Parsifal.

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Name Variants & Related

Alaina Celtic origin
Alan Celtic origin
Alana Celtic origin
Alanah Celtic origin
Alanis Celtic origin
Alanna Celtic origin
Alannah Celtic origin
Alayna Celtic origin

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Percival

Male Rank #814

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Percival

Male Rank #1768

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