Behind the Name: Fallenmoon's Personal Name List

Percy

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English

Pronounced: PUR-see

From an English surname that was derived from the name of a Norman town Perci, which was itself perhaps derived from a Gaulish given name that was Latinized as Persius. The surname was borne by a noble English family, and it first used as a given name in their honour. A famous bearer was Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), an English romantic poet whose works include Adonais and Ozymandias. This name can also be used as a short form of Percival.

Thalia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek

Other Scripts: Θάλεια(Greek)

Pronounced: THAY-lee-ə(English) thə-LIE-ə(English)

From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Zoe

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Czech, Ancient Greek [1]

Other Scripts: Ζώη, Ζωή(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: ZO-ee(English) DZAW-eh(Italian) THO-eh(European Spanish) SO-eh(Latin American Spanish)

Means "life" in Greek. From early times it was adopted by Hellenized Jews as a translation of Eve. It was borne by two early Christian saints, one martyred under Emperor Hadrian, the other martyred under Diocletian. The name was common in the Byzantine Empire, being borne by a ruling empress of the 11th century.

As an English name, Zoe (sometimes with a diaeresis as Zoë) has only been in use since the 19th century. It has generally been more common among Eastern Christians (in various spellings).