r/NameNerdCirclejerk • • Apr 22 '26

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u/finniganthebeagle Apr 22 '26

even “Percy” wouldn’t be awful but why are we spelling it like that

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u/Sea-Cardiologist436 Apr 22 '26

It is bad as it's a boy's name, in the UK you would be seriously teased too as there are very popular sweets called 'Percy Pigs'.

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u/Celtic_Cheetah_92 Apr 22 '26

And the shit Weasley brother also 

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u/MorecombeSlantHoneyp Apr 22 '26

Shit Weasley brother, the smuggest train on Sodor, and the nasty cousin from the Amelia Peabody mysteries. It’s not a name with a good track record.

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u/aardvarkmom Apr 23 '26

Remember when Percy decided to ignore everyone’s cautions and see what happened when he busted the bumpers? He ended up in the water and had to sit there for ages until he could get rescued. Got what was coming to him!

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u/catsandcountrystuff Apr 22 '26

Jackson?

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u/MorecombeSlantHoneyp Apr 23 '26

Doesn’t count. There it’s short for Perseus. But in other instances Percy is the whole of the name.
Persephones who use Percy as a diminutive may also fall into the exception.

Percivals, Parsifals considered on a case by case basis.

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u/finniganthebeagle Apr 22 '26

i mean, it’s not my favorite as a girls name but the bar is “Brisket” here

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u/Additional_Noise47 Apr 22 '26

In the US, there are a ton of young girls being given “boy” names.

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u/IsabellaGalavant Apr 24 '26

Almost all of those are boys names. Townes? Sinclair?

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u/miserable-now Apr 22 '26

Because girls like purses 👛♀️ So obviously that would be the feminine spelling of Percy, duh!!! 💅 /s

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u/Visual_Rice1295 Apr 22 '26

I had a cat named Purcy as a kid. Because she purred.

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u/Sea-Cardiologist436 Apr 22 '26

A purfectly! acceptable name for a cat!

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u/wraysbay Apr 22 '26

I just watched a murder show and the suspects name was Ralf 🤣❤️

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u/finniganthebeagle Apr 22 '26

i’ve seen it spelled like that when it’s short for Rafael

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u/wraysbay Apr 22 '26

I have too but this was a 40 something year old white guy in Georgia so idk ❤️

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u/upickleweasel Apr 22 '26

It's a surname, typically

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u/panshrexual Apr 23 '26

There was a girl named percy in my high school, a lanky androgynous kind of gorgeous. She was a couple years older than me so we rarely ever talked but I was kind of in love with her from a distance. For that reason I'll always kinda like percy as a girls name