Meaning & Origin
An English surname from Old French.
Percy is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old French origin, from the Norman baronial name Percy, derived from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy, meaning 'Percy's estate' — the family that came to England with William the Conqueror and became one of England's most powerful noble houses.
Percy carries a double literary heritage: Percy Bysshe Shelley — Romantic poet of extraordinary genius — and Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan's beloved demigod hero who brought Greek mythology to a new generation. From Shelley's revolutionary verse to the Olympians' adventures, Percy is a name for the bold and the brilliant.