Given name & surname

Portes

“door”

Portes is a surname from Catalan.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Portes goes back to Catalan Portes, meaning “door.”

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Where it comes from

Portes comes from Catalan.

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How it developed

From Catalan Portes.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Sibling ideas

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