Percival

Boy

Origin: French · Welsh

Pronounced: PUR-si-vul

Meaning

“Arthurian name from Old French Perceval, long linked to 'pierce the valley' but probably adapted from Welsh Peredur”

Source

Cultural Notes

Knight of the Round Table in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, seeker of the Holy Grail

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