Name Portia

Origin:

From a Latin word for pig

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About the name Portia in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	English
Popularity:	no rank in any popularity list in this database
Similarly written:	Oria, Pontian, Porsha, Porter, Soraia Details

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About Portia, the group of names with the same origin as Portia

Language of origin:	Latin
Info about origin:	from the female form Porcia of the Roman family name Porcius which derives from the word porcus (pig)
	known from a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice
Words:	porcus = the pig Latin
Topics:	Roman family name
Variants' top ranks:	913:Porsha USA 1993
Old/original forms:	Porcia Latin
Name variants:	Porsha, Portia Sortable list Details