Percy
Meaning and origin
From English Percy. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1845. By folk etymology associated with Per (“Peter”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Percy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 707 |
| 2000 | 695 |
| 2001 | 682 |
| 2002 | 672 |
| 2003 | 668 |
| 2004 | 654 |
| 2005 | 641 |
| 2006 | 634 |
| 2007 | 623 |
| 2008 | 618 |
| 2009 | 613 |
| 2010 | 600 |
| 2011 | 588 |
| 2012 | 579 |
| 2013 | 567 |
| 2014 | 553 |
| 2015 | 528 |
| 2016 | 521 |
| 2017 | 509 |
| 2018 | 500 |
| 2019 | 489 |
| 2020 | 485 |
Percy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Percy.Hi! My name is Percy.
- Percy har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Percy has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Percy kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Percy is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Percys mamma är lärare.Percy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Percys mamma is Percy's mum.
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How do you pronounce Percy in Swedish?
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What does the name Percy mean?
From English Percy. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1845. By folk etymology associated with Per (“Peter”).
How popular is Percy in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Percy in 2022. In 2020, 485 people in Sweden had Percy as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.