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- Percy - Last Name Meaning & Origin
Percy
- Used in: 3 countries
Origin: Old French
Proper noun proper noun sense 1 (surname) and proper noun sense 3 (place names) are derived from Norman Percy (“a baronial surname”), from Percy-en-Auge (“a place in Pays d’Auge, Normandy, France”, literally “Percy in Auge”), from Old French Perci, from Late Latin Persiacum, from Latin Persius (“a Gallo-Roman nomen gentile”), from Etruscan 𐌐𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (persu); further etymology uncertain, possibly from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 (φersu, “mask”). Proper noun proper noun sense 2 (given name) is either from the above, or is a clipping of Perc(ival) + -y (suffix forming familiar names). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun sense 2 (“penis”) is probably from the fact that Percy and penis begin with the same letter.
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Percy
Rank #7631
Frequency
4,015 people (1.49 per 100k)
Ethnic Distribution
White 70.49% Hispanic 4.23% Black 21.07% Asian/PI 0.85% Native Am. 1.27% Two+ 2.09%
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