Names Like Percival — Find Similar Baby Names
Percival is an 8-letter Arthurian boys' name meaning “Hero Of Several Arthurian Stories”. This page collects 106 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Perceval and Parsifal, Arthurian cousins like Aballach and Accalon, rhyming names ending in -val like Val and Chval, and names sharing the “arthurian” concept like Bedwyr and Cassivellaunus.
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Names Similar in Spelling to Percival
3 baby names that differ from Percival by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
More Arthurian Names
24 baby names that share Percival’s Arthurian origin.
| Name | Meaning | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Aballach | Father Of Modron | Male |
| Accalon | Lover Of Margan Le Fay (Fifteenth Century) | Male |
| Acheflour | White Flower | Female |
| Acheflow | White Flower | Female |
| Ade | A Mistress Of Lancelot | Female |
| Aglaral | Brother Of Percival | Male |
| Aglarale | Brother Of Percival | Male |
| Aglaval | Brother Of Percival (Fourteenth Century) | Male |
| Agravain | Brother Of Gawain | Male |
| Albiona | White | Female |
| Alexandre | Nephew Of King Mark (Twelfth Century) | Male |
| Alis | Brother Of Cliges | Male |
| Alixandre | Nephew Of King Mark | Male |
| Amr | Son Of Arthur (Ninth Century) | Male |
| Andret | King Mark's Nephew | Male |
| Angharad | A Love Of Peredur | Female |
| Angharat | A Love Of Peredur | Female |
| Anglides | Mother Of Alexandre (Twelfth Century) | Female |
| Anguysh | Father Of Isolde | Male |
| Anir | Son Of Arthur | Male |
| Anna | Arthur's Sister | Female |
| Antfortas | Keeper Of The Grail (Thirteenth Century) | Male |
| Antor | Foster Father Of Arthur (Thirteenth Century) | Male |
| Apollo | Uncle Of Tristan | Male |
8-Letter P-Names Like Percival
24 names that share Percival's exact length (8 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Percival's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Percival
Top 12 boys' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Percival.
Names That Rhyme with Percival
10 baby names that share Percival's last 3 letters — -val. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val | Strong. Variant Of Valentinus: The Name Of More Than 50 Saints And... | English | Male |
| Chval | Flattery | Czechoslovakian | Male |
| Duval | Of The Valley. | French | Male |
| Orval | Spear-Strength | English | Male |
| Cheval | Horseman: Knight. An Abbreviation Of Chevalier. Actor-Comedian Chev... | French | Male |
| Derval | True Desire | Irish | Female |
| Norval | From The North Valley | Scottish | Male |
| Aglaval | Brother Of Percival (Fourteenth Century) | Arthurian | Male |
| Perceval | Pierces. | French | Male |
| Cristoval | With Christ Inside. | Spanish | Male |
Names That Start Like Percival
18 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Percival — Per-. Good for parents who like Percival's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per | A Rock. Form Of Peter. | German | Male |
| Pert | From The Thorn Bush Or Thicket | Celtic | Male |
| Percy | Pierce | French | Male |
| Perke | Devoted To God | Hebrew | Female |
| Perry | Pear Tree | Anglo | Male |
| Perth | From The Thorn-Bush Thicket | Celtic | Male |
| Perye | From The Pear Tree | English | Male |
| Perdix | Myth Name (Killed By His Uncle) | Greek | Male |
| Perkin | Little Rock | English | Male |
| Pernel | Little Rock | English | Male |
| Perren | French Form Of Peter | French | Male |
| Perrin | Rock | French | Male |
| Perris | Variant Of Perry. Pear Tree. | English | Male |
| Perryn | French Form Of Peter | French | Male |
| Persis | From Persia | Greek | Female |
| Perzsi | Devoted To God | Hebrew | Female |
| Perahta | Glorious | German | Female |
| Peredur | Meaning Unknown | Arthurian | Male |