In the world, Portia (Portia 
, Porcia 
) is a common female forename. The given name Portia is habitual in British Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common feminine name, U.S. Virgin Islands, and South Africa (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in South Africa, Ghana, and the United States. Very seldom, Portia is the last name as well as the forename.
Portia is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Portia , the heroine of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice; Portia , the operatic character in the opera The Merchant of Venice; Portia , the musical character in the musical The Wind in the Willows by George Stiles and Portia , the musical character in the musical Something Rotten! by Wayne Kirkpatrick.
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portia swanston geach Australian artist, feminist (1873–1959), AU (b. 1873) |
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| portia jane smith (1832-1920) (b. 1832) |
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portia willis American suffragist, US (b. 1887) |
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portia white Canadian opera singer (1911-1968), CA (b. 1911) |
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| portia m. washington American musician and teacher, US (b. 1883) |
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portia simpson-miller former prime minister of Jamaica, JM (b. 1945) |
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| portia bennett Australian artist, AU (b. 1898) |
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| portia holman child psychiatrist, AU (b. 1903) |
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portia de rossi Australian-American actress, AU (b. 1973) |
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| portia h. griswold librarian (b. 1923) |
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portia perez Canadian professional wrestler, CA (b. 1987) |
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portia doubleday American actress (1988-), US (b. 1988) |
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portia clark Zambian R&B and pop singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, ZM (b. 1990) |
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portia woodman New Zealand rugby union player, NZ (b. 1991) |
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| portia k. maultsby American ethnomusicologist (b. 1947) |
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