Given name & surname
Perceval
Perceval is a variant of Percival. One French interpretation is “one who can pierce the vale; in Arthurian legend, the only one who could retrieve the Holy Grail.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Perceval is a variant of Percival. One French interpretation is “one who can pierce the vale; in Arthurian legend, the only one who could retrieve the Holy Grail.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Perceval is a variant of Percival. Percival has been associated with Celtic and Old French naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Perceval is a variant of Percival. The history of Percival gives this family its wider story. Percival’s literary history includes the stories of King Arthur and his knights.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Perceval through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 211 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Perceval’s family of names
Perceval has a later derivative in Percival. In French usage, Perceval has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Персеваль. Perceval has a related form in Percival.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Perceval
- Perceval DoriaItalian poet1195–1264
- Perceval de LoriolSwiss paleontologist (1828-1908)
- Perceval LandonEnglish writer and journalist (1869–1927)1868–1927
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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