Portia

Where Portia comes from

From Latin Porcia, a feminine form of the gens name Porcius (the gens of the Cato the Elder and his famous descendants), from porcus (“pig”). The moon is named for the character in The Merchant of Venice.
— Wiktionary's entry for Portia
  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Portia Simpson-Miller born
    former prime minister of Jamaica
  3. 1949
    Peak, #587
    199 babies named Portia — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,196.
  5. 1973
    Portia de Rossi born
    Australian-American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Portia de Rossi · Australian-American actress, born 1973
  • Portia Simpson-Miller · former prime minister of Jamaica, born 1945
  • Portia Doubleday · American actress, born 1988
  • Portia Woodman · New Zealand rugby union player, born 1991
  • Portia Modise · South African footballer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.