Percival
7
6.7
- proper noun
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Percival
- Andy Percival and I live there, and your kids are as welcome as they can be.
- Percival Lowell
- Percival, the Earl
- John Percival
Examples
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Behind the Percival place, the mountains lifted up and away.
Fiction book (1993) -
Arlo Percival was released from the hospital and moved to a place near Union Station.
Fiction book (1993) -
"People were beginning to drift off, and I thanked Percival for being our host and started toward my car."
Fiction book (2002) -
Olga Percival, your lady friend here.
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Anthony Percival, however, a critic we have had cause to cite several times, is not one of them.
Academic text (2001) -
The children Clara Percival wrote to in San Pablo were now young adults.
Fiction book (1993) -
When Andy called that evening, the party line all picked up on Percival's ring and cheered him with the news.
Fiction book (1993) -
Charles Percival St. Cloud, captain of the sailing team and winner of the Keating Scholar-Athlete Award.
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I'm Lord Percival Graves.
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Olga Percival introduced herself as the new director of the project.
Synonyms
984
4.8
A last name that people have
735
1.9
A family name used by people or fictional characters
165
3.7
A family or first name used by people
156
4.9
A family name used by people and places like towns and schools
142
5.6
A last name that some people have
121
3.2
A name that people have as their last name
80
7.4
A family last name that people share
69
7.4
A family name that some people use as their last name
46
5.3
A family name that some people have
41
2.5
A family name for people whose ancestors made or sold gloves
23
5.8
A family name and sometimes a first name
15
9.2
A family name used as a last name
9
6.5
A last name that some people have
9
6.3
A family name used by people, often from England
7
6.6
A last name used by some people
4
7.2
A Spanish family name used by many people
3
9.9
A family name used by some people
3
9.6
A family name that people have after their first name
2
9.9
A last name used by some families
2
7.7
A last name used by members of the same family
2
9.3
A family name used by some people
1
9.9
A family name some people have
1
9.9
A family name found in old records
1
8.1
A family name used by some people
1
8.6
A last name used by members of a family
1
8.6
A last name that comes from Scotland
1
4.2
A family name used by some people
1
9.9
A family name that some people have
1
7.0
A family name used by some people
1
8.9
A family name that people use as their last name
1
9.9
A family name used by some people
1
7.4
A last name used by some people
1
9.9
A family name from an important or old line
A family name shared by members of the same family
A last name used by some people
A family name people use as a last name
A family name used by some people
A family name used by some people
A last name that some people and families have
A family name that people in the same family share
A family name used by some people
A family name used by some people
A family name used by some people
A family name found in old records
A name that people use as their last name
A family name used for people or places, sometimes a different spelling of Chimney
A family name people use as a last name
Surface Forms
Etymology
Percival as a family name comes from an old personal name used in stories and history; many people trace it to the old French form Perceval, made of parts like perce 'to pierce' and val 'valley', and so the given name later became a surname passed down in families.