Given name & surname

Potier

Potier is a surname from French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Potier comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From French Potier.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Potier’s family of names

In French usage, Potier as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Potî. In Greek usage, Potier as a surname is a transliteration of Πότιερ. In French usage, Potier as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Τσουκαλάς.

Walk Potier’s family in the name graph

PotierΠότιερPottierΤσουκαλάςPotî

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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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.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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French

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French

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Occitan

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French

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French

Pollet

Pollet is a surname from French.

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22% boys · 78% girls

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