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Comments for PORTIA:
A famous bearer of the name is Australian actress Portia DeRossi, formerly known as Amanda Ross.-- Anonymous User 7/6/2005
From the first time I came across the name Portia in a novel it's grown on me. It's something different and I have yet to meet anyone bearing the name. When I picture a girl bearing this name I think of someone who is stubborn and who openly speaks her mind.-- Missy 4/7/2006
Portia can also mean "offering" or so I have learned from several resources.-- Missy 4/7/2006
I thought it was a really nice name with a very nice sound, but 'pig'? Let's hope any Portias' friends don't find the meaning of it. Some teasing potential there, definitely.-- Anonymous User 6/6/2006
This name screams pretentious/snobby when used on a child.-- Kitten 9/20/2006
It's only nice if you spell in "Portia" not in any of the other ways, because it looks awful then. I personally wouldn't use the name but it is very interesting. Plus, it doesn't mean "pig" it also means "offering".-- Cardwitch 10/1/2006
Portia was originally an Ancient Roman name as spelt Porcia, used by girls born in the Porcii Catonii family.-- Anonymous User 10/14/2006
Porcia Catonis (sometimes spelt Portia) was the daughter of Cato the Younger and wife to Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's most famous assassin. She was reputedly beautiful, steadfast and extremely intelligent, possessing many qualities that were considered masculine in Rome. Her love for her husband was so intense that upon being falsely told of his death in the first battle of Philippi, she succumbed to despair, driven to insanity; she swallowed a burning coal in a desperate attempt to kill herself. Brutus killed himself following her death after his defeat at the second battle of Philippi.-- Cardwitch 10/14/2006
Portia Bellefleur was the name of a character in the Sookie Stackhouse series of books by Charlaine Harris.-- Anonymous User 11/11/2006
Ugly is the only word that I can use to describe this name. To add to that, it also means Pig. Lovely, name your child pig. Honestly people, think of your child when you name them, not yourself.-- Anonymous User 2/21/2007
It's a beautiful sounding name. As to meaning pig, there was after all an entire Roman genus with the name, and it almost bears more connection to that for me than its actual meaning. But really, a lot of people seem to disregard meanings these days. One of the possible meanings of Rebecca (it's not listed here, but the origin is in some uncertainty) is "cow" which is not much better. A lot of people name based on sounds rather than meanings, and enough people "create" their own names.-- Anonymous User 4/1/2007
I agree it sounds really pretentious, like you were trying to name your daughter after an expensive car. I know it's a different name but it sounds that way.-- visitor27 4/27/2007
UGLY name!-- CharlieRob 8/19/2007
You think of Portia and you imagine a stuck up, know-it-all, who is most likely posh and well-off. She thinks she's better than everyone else, most likely because she is better. And doesn't she know it!-- Anonymous User 8/23/2007
In Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," Portia is a beautiful heiress who saves Bassanio's friend Antonio by disguising herself as a doctor of law and outwitting Shylock.-- Anonymous User 12/19/2007
I think Portia sounds like a beautiful name. You think that only people who are rich, stuck-up, and egotistical can have the name, and that is -so- stereotypical. I happen to have a friend whose middle name is Portia, and she is the nicest girl I've ever met.-- themoongirl 7/2/2008
Just so everybody knows there are more than two ways to spell the name PORTIA, PORSHE. My name is spelled PORCIA. Just thought I would add that in for anyone who may be interested in the name.-- MIssPorcia 7/11/2008
My math teacher pronounces this name as "por-tee-uh".-- Dianna475 10/25/2008
Portia is the wife of Brutus who commits suicide in Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar."-- Anonymous User 1/28/2009
I don't get why the rest of the people seem to think this is a snobby name; I imagine a girl who's awkward around people who she doesn't really know well but is really bubbly and funny around her friends and family. I know that you can't tell what a person will be like by their name, but I really like the image this name creates. Also, I like that it's an ancient Roman name and that it's a Shakespearean name as well.-- magicalhannah7 6/21/2009
I think Portia is a pretty, delicate name. I first ran across it in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, and really liked it. It makes me think of a strong girl (like the namesake Porcia Catonis).-- AnyaSciarra 2/20/2010
I do not agree with the comments whereby people state the name is "ugly". The name has been in use for ages and is a romantic name with history. The name is unique and I feel it lends a sophisticated air without being pretentious. I think of creative, intelligent, worldly women when I hear this name. I have also heard it pronounced as Por-tee-uh which I believe is the Latin pronunciation if I am not mistaken.-- Anonymous User 8/26/2010
Portia Quayne is the heroine of Elizabeth Bowen's 1938 novel, "The Death of the Heart".
She is a socially awkward teenage orphan who is sent to live with her half-brother and his wife in London. Her diary becomes a major plot device in the novel.-- keepitreal 1/28/2011
I have a friend with this name and I really like it, I think it's cool and somewhat unusual. And before you ask, she is not some upper class intellectual, I think her family just like unusual names (her mum is called Hazel).-- georgemillo 2/3/2011
Portia is a heavy but deeply romantic name.-- vomiting 2/6/2011
I would have thought that if Portia is indeed the feminine form of Porcius, the ancient Romans would have spelt it Porcia. After all, the ancient Romans did not have a habit of replacing the 'c' in a male name with a 't' in the feminine version of the name. Just compare: Marcius --> Marcia and Roscius --> Roscia. All Latin names follow this kind of pattern; why would it suddenly be Porcius --> Portia instead of Porcius --> Porcia?
Isn't it more likely that Portia is the feminine form of Portius, which actually means "port, harbour"?
Portius is confused with Porcius on occasion, so it is not surprising if the same happens to Portia and Porcia. So perhaps that is the case here as well?-- Lucille 11/13/2011
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