What does Porter mean?

Porter means "a porter, gatekeeper"

How do we pronounce Porter?

Porter \por-ter, po-rt-er\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Porter is sometimes used as a what does the name girl name mean. Its pronunciation is PAORT-er 1.

1 Pronunciation for Porter: P as in "pea (P.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

What is the origin of Porter?

Porter is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Latin. The name's meaning is a porter, gatekeeper. Poart meaning of name, Port meaning and origin, Portar name, name Porte, what does the name Porteur mean, Portier meaning of name, what does the name Portir mean, Portor meaning of name, Portur definition, and Portyr meaning and origin are variants of Porter. Porter is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2010, 0.029% of baby boys were given the name Porter. It ranked at #446 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Porter was the most frequently used in 2010. Porter has mostly been a baby boy name in the past century.

A famous person named Porter is Porter Goss, Politician, born 26 November 1938, Waterbury, Connecticut.

List of baby names that sound like Porter:

Portar meaning of name, Portir definition, Portor meaning, meaning of Portyr, meaning of Porteur, Portur name variations, Peredur name popularity, Portier name, what does the name Pryderee mean, Pryderey meaning and origin, short names for Pryderi (Welsh), name Pryderie meaning, Prydery definition, nicknames for Proterio, and Pryderea definition.

The baby name Porter fun facts:

The name Porter in reverse order is "Retrop".

The numerological value of the name Porter is number 2, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

How popular is Porter?

Porter is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
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20130.04%
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20110.03%
20100.03%
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20070.03%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames