Portulaca
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Any plant in the genus Portulaca
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Portulaca is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Any plant in the genus Portulaca
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Portulaca is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, plant
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, from the plant name portulaca
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In Italian, purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, The purslane
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, AGURIJOÁRĂ, agurijoare, s. f. Plantă erbacee decorativă, cu flori mari galbene, albe, portocalii, roz și roșii, care se deschid numai la soare (Portulaca grandiflora). ¶ PORTULÁCĂ, portulace, s. f. (Bot.; pop.) Agurijoară. [Var.: portolác, portulác s. m.].
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Portulaca mean, and where does it come from?
- Any plant in the genus Portulaca Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Portulaca a male or female name?
- Portulaca is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Portulaca have the most bearers?
- Portulaca is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Portulaca”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.