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Porfirio
Say it: por-FEE-ryoh
Meaning
From Greek porphyrios 'purple'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 3,475 babies given this name since 1903
- At its height in 1921, about 1 in 19,700 boys
- 9 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Porfirio |
|---|
Famous bearers
- Porfirio Díaz, president of Mexico
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.