Girl · Latin
Porcia
Say it: POR-shuh
Meaning
Feminine of Porcius; ancient writers derived the family name from porcus 'pig', from pig-keeping ancestors.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Known from Brutus's wife and Shakespeare's Portia in The Merchant of Venice, which gave the English spelling.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 167 babies given this name since 1968
- At its height in 1990, about 1 in 105,500 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Portia
| Italian | Porzia |
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Famous bearers
- Porcia, wife of Marcus Junius Brutus
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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