Percival, also spelled Perceval, is a masculine given name derived from the Celtic name Peredur and likely influenced by the Old French percer, meaning pierce and val, meaning valley. The name was likely also influenced by the name Percy. Sir Percival was one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian romance.[1]

Percival
How Sir Galahad, Sir Bors, and Sir Percival Were Fed with the Sanct Grael by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
GenderMale
Language(s)English
Origin
MeaningPierce the valley
Other names
Related namesParsifal, Percy, Peredur

Notes

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. pp. 217–18. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.