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{{Wiktionary|Percy}}

The English surname '''Percy''' is of [[Normans|Norman]] origin, coming from [[Normandy]] to [[England]], [[ United Kingdom]]. It was from the [[House of Percy]], Norman lords of [[Northumberland]], and derives from the village of [[Percy-en-Auge]] in [[Normandy]]. From there, it came into use as a mostly masculine and rarely feminine given name. It is also a short form of the given name [[Percival (given name)|Percival]], [[Perseus (disambiguation)|Perseus]], etc.

{{Infobox name
| name = Percy
| image = File:Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], English writer who is considered as one of the major English Romantic poets.
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|p|3|r|s|i}}
| gender = Primarily male
| language = [[English language|English]]
| languageorigin = [[Norman language|Norman]]
| origin = [[wikt:Percy|Percy]] (surname)
| region = [[Normandy]]
| variant =
{{Plainlist|
* Percey
* Percie
* [[Perci (disambiguation)|Perci]]
}}
| related names = [[Percival (given name)|Percival]], [[Perseus (disambiguation)|Perseus]], [[Persephone (given name)|Persephone]], [[Persis (given name)|Persis]]
}}

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==People==

===Surname===
* [[Alf Percy]], Scottish footballer
* [[Algernon Percy (disambiguation)]]
* [[Charles H. Percy]] (1919–2011), American businessman and politician
* [[Eileen Percy]] (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress
* [[George Percy (governor)]] (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor
* [[Henry Percy (disambiguation)]]
* [[Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland]] (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War
* [[Isabelle Clark Percy West]] (1882–1976), American artist and educator
*[[James Gilbert Percy]] (1921–2015), American Marine officer, flying ace and Navy Cross recipient
* [[John Percy (disambiguation)]]
* [[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===
====Men====
* [[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)]], multiple people
* [[Percie Charlton]] (1867–1954), Australian cricketer
* [[Percy Cherrett]] (1899–1984), English footballer
* [[Percy Cox]] (1864–1937), British administrator and diplomat
* [[Percy Dawson (disambiguation)]]
* [[Percy Dearmer]] (1867–1936), English priest and liturgical writer
* [[Percy Dickie]] (1907–1987), Scottish footballer with Aberdeen, St Johnstone, Blackburn
* [[Percy Edwards]] (1908–1996), English entertainer, ornithologist and animal impersonator
* [[Percy Faith]] (1908–1976), Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor
* [[Percy Fawcett]] (1867–?), British soldier, archaeologist and explorer
* [[Percy Fernando]], 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)]] (1867–1952), Royal Navy admiral and Chief of Navy of the Royal Australian Navy
* [[Percy Stickney Grant]] (1860–1927), American Episcopal priest
* [[Percy Greene]] (1897–1977) American newspaper editor and journalist
* [[Percy Harvin]] (born 1988), American football player
* [[Percy Heath]] (1923–2005), American jazz bassist
* [[Percy Helton]] (1894–1971), American actor
* [[Percy Herbert (disambiguation)]]
* [[Percy C. Ifill]] (1913–1973), American architect
* [[Percy Jones (disambiguation)]]
* [[Percy Hague Jowett]] (1882–1955), British artist and arts administrator
* [[Percy Lavon Julian]] (1899–1975), American research chemist
* [[Percy William Justyne]] (1812–1883), English artist
* [[Percy Kachipande]] (born 1944), Malawian diplomat
* [[Percy Kilbride]] (1888–1964), American actor
* [[Percy Ludgate]] (1883–1922), Irish amateur scientist who designed the second analytical engine in history
* [[Percy Lynsdale]] (born 1928), Iraqi football player
* [[Percy Lowe]] (1870–1948), English surgeon and ornithologist
* [[Percy MacKaye]] (1875–1956), American dramatist and poet
* [[Mahinda Rajapaksa|Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa]] (born 1945), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
* [[Percy Marmont]] (1883–1977), English actor
* [[Percy Metcalfe]] (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]] (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]] (1902–1996), Canadian Member of Parliament
* [[Percy Orthwein]] (1888–1957), American businessman
* [[Percy Paris]], Canadian Politician
* [[Percy Parsons]] (1878–1944), American actor
* [[Percy Pepoon]] (1861–1939), American politician
* [[Percy Quin]] (1872–1932), American politician
* [[Percy Avery Rockefeller]] (1878–1934), American businessman
* [[Percy Rodriguez (disambiguation)]]
* [[Percy Rojas]] (born 1949), Peruvian football player
* [[Percy Ross]] (1916–2001), American philanthropist
* [[Percy Schmeiser]] (1931-2020), Saskatchewan Member of Legislative Assembly, farmer, and Canadian Supreme Court defendant
* [[Percy Shaw]] (1890–1976), English inventor and businessman
* [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] (1792–1822), English poet
* [[Percy Sledge]] (1940–2015), American R&B and soul singer
* [[Percy Smith (disambiguation)]]
* [[Percey F. Smith]] (1867–1956), American mathematician
* [[Percy Spencer]] (1894–1970), American engineer and inventor of the microwave oven
* [[Percy Spender]] (1897–1985), Australian politician and diplomat
* [[Percy Stone]] (1856–1934), British architect
* [[Percy Sutton]] (1920–2009), American politician, civil rights activist and businessman
* [[Percy Tau]] (1994), South African football player
* [[Percy Thrower]] (1913–1988), British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer
* [[Percy Trompf]] (1902–1964), Australian commercial artist
* [[Percy Vear]] (1911–1983), British professional boxer
* [[Percy Wenrich]] (1887–1952), American composer 
* [[Percy White]] (1888–1918), Australian rugby player
* [[Percy White (cricketer)]] (1868–1946), New Zealand cricketer
* [[Percy White (nuclear scientist)]] (1916–2013), British chemist, metallurgist and nuclear scientist
* [[Percy Whitlock]] (1903–1946), English organist and composer
* [[Percy Wickremasekera]], Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist politician, lawyer, and trade unionist
* [[Percy Williams (disambiguation)]]
* [[Perce Wilson]] (1890–1936), American football player
* [[Percy Wilson (footballer)]] (1889–1941), Australian football player
* [[Percy Wyndham (disambiguation)]]
* [[Percy M. Young]] (1912–2004), British musicologist, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher
* [[Percy Yutar]] (1911–2002), South African attorney-general and prosecutor of Nelson Mandela in the 1963 Rivonia treason trial
====Women====
* [[Percy Haswell]] (1871–1945), American Silent film actress
* [[Percy Maxim Lee]] (1906–2002), American political and social reformer
* [[Percy Tuhaise]] (born 1960), Ugandan lawyer and judge

==Fictional characters==
* [[Sir Percy Blakeney]], the Scarlet Pimpernel in Baroness Orczy's 1905 novel of the same name and various related works
* [[Percy Dovetonsils]], 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]]''
* Percy Pea, from the VHS and DVD series ''[[VeggieTales]]''
* Percy Polie, on the animated children's series ''[[Rolie Polie Olie]]''
* Percy Patterson, character in ''[[Smallfoot]]''
* [[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]], on the British soap opera ''Coronation Street''
* [[Percy Weasley]], in the ''Harry Potter'' series
* [[Percy Wetmore]], from Stephen King's novel ''The Green Mile''
* [[Percy the Park Keeper]], in the British children's television series of the same name
* [[Black Knight (Sir Percy)]], a Marvel Comics character
* Percy the Dog, in ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]''
* Percy the Penguin, on the animated children's series ''[[Jake and the Never Land Pirates]]''
* [[Percy the Small Engine]], in ''[[the Railway Series]]'' and ''[[Thomas & Friends]]''
* Percy, on the animated American television series ''[[Clarence (U.S. TV series)|Clarence]]''
* Percy, on the animated American television series ''[[Amphibia (TV series)|Amphibia]]''
* Percy, a hunter in the video game ''[[Identity V]]''

==See also==
* [[Percey F. Smith]] (1867–1956), American mathematician
* [[Percie Charlton]] (1867–1954), Australian cricketer
* [[Piercey]], a list of people with the surname
* {{look from}}
* {{in title}}

==External links==
*[http://www.actualworld.net/nominallibrary.html Nominal Library: Percy]

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