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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Portia: Latin Meaning of Portia: "pig, hog or doorway"
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Portia is a perfect role-model name, relating to Shakespeare's brilliant and spirited lawyer in The Merchant of Venice, and is now also a Hunger Games name, as well as the name of Tina Fey's character in Admission .

Portia is a recommended choice, even though some people might think you named your child for the car. Just don't spell it Porsche, which may sound the same but has a totally different and -- despite the posh brand -- much more downscale image.

Namesake Portia de Rossi actually started life as Amanda/Mandy.

Famous People Named Portia

Portia Dawson, American actress
Portia DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers), Australian actress, known professionally as Portia de Rossi
"Portia de Rossi" was also the name of the mother of 16th-century Italian poet Torquato Tasso
Portia (born 2008), daughter Kyle Richards of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Pop Culture References for the Name Portia

Portia in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Portia, in Suzanne Collins' 'The Hunger Games' trilogy
Portia, character in "The Mighty B!"

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Portia's International Variations

Porcie (French) Porcia (Spanish)