Given name
Porsha
“piglike woman; an offering”
Porsha is a variant of Portia. One Latin interpretation is “piglike woman; an offering.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Porsha is a variant of Portia. One Latin interpretation is “piglike woman; an offering.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Porsha is a variant of Portia. An origin associated with Portia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Porsha is a variant of Portia. The history of Portia gives this family its wider story. Portia appears in Julius Caesar as Brutus’s wife, reflecting the historical name Porcia. In The Merchant of Venice, another Portia is an heiress who disguises herself as a legal advocate; that role has been especially influential in the name’s literary associations.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Porsha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,037
- 6 boys · 4,031 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 302 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,684 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −66%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,684 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 296 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,206 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Porsha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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