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- Percival - Last Name Meaning & Origin
Percival
- Used in: 3 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
Popularity by Country
Percival
Rank #1290
Popularity Over Time (Scotland)
Percival
Rank #9475
Frequency
3,147 people (1.17 per 100k)
Ethnic Distribution
White 87.64% Hispanic 2.51% Black 6.26% Asian/PI 1.18% Native Am. 0.73% Two+ 1.68%
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