Meaning & origin
What it means
Portnoy goes back to Russian портной, meaning “tailor.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Portnoy’s family of names
In Russian usage, Portnoy as a surname is a transliteration of Портной. In English usage, Portnoy as a surname was borrowed from the Russian form Портной.
The ring: spellings.
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The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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