Perceval

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

Old French name

1) Old French form of the Celtic name Peredur of unknown meaning [1]

2) Due to the drastic remodelling in Old French, the name sounded like Old French percer = 'to pierce' + Old French val = 'valley' [1]

Related Names

     
Parsifal Swedish
Parzifal Swedish
Parzival Swedish
Perceval Swedish
Percifal Swedish
Percival Swedish
Percivald Swedish
Percivall Swedish
Persival Swedish
Persiwald Swedish
Persivall Swedish

See also Percy

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Perceval.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi