What does Percival mean?
How do we pronounce Percival?
Percival \per-ci-val, pe-rciv-al\ is a boy's name. It consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables.
The baby boy name Percival is pronounced in English as PAHRSihVahL 1.
1 Pronunciation for Percival: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"
What is the origin of Percival?
Percival's language of origin is Old French, and it is used predominantly in English and French. Percival is of the meaning 'one who pierces the valley; hard steel'. The name was borne in Arthurian legend, and it was likely to have been first invented by the late 12th-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes, who spelt the name as Perceval (Old French), from the Old French percer ('to pierce') and val ('valley'). According to Chrétien and Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170-1220), who spelt the name as Parzifal (Germanic), the character was the most innocent of all the knights of the Round Table, and thus was the one who found the Holy Grail, although later legends identified Sir Galahad as the hero. Other theories suggest a derivation from the Normandy place name Percheval (Old French). The name could also be ultimately from Peredur (Celtic), which means 'hard steel', altered through association with Old French elements. Percival has 17 variant forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variant forms include short names for Parsafal, meaning of Parsefal, baby name Perc, what does the name Perceval mean, name Percevall, Percey meaning, baby name Percivale, Percivall meaning of name, baby name Percyval, name Percyvel meaning, name Percyvelle meaning, meaning of Peredur, and Purcell definition. Other English variants include the contracted forms Perce name variations and Percy pronounciation (used in French, and Latin too). Variant forms of Percival used in foreign languages include the German Parsifal name popularity and the German name Parzival origin.
List of baby names Percival:
the name Parsafal pronounciation, the name Parsefal meaning of name, the German Parsifal meaning and origin, the German Parzival definition, the name Perceval name variations, the name short names for Percevall, the name meaning of Percivale, the name Percivall definition, the name name Percyval origin, the name name Percyvel origin, and the name Percyvelle meaning and origin.
The baby name Percival fun facts:
The name Percival in reverse order is "Lavicrep".
The numerological value of the name Percival is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.
How popular is Percival?
Percival is not in the top boy names in USA.