Porte

Used in: 3 countries

Origin: Arabic

From Middle French porte (“gate”), ultimately after Ottoman Turkish باب عالی (Bâb-ı Âli, “Exalted Gate”), from Arabic بَاب (bāb, “gate”) and عَالِيّ (ʕāliyy, “high, exalted”), a synecdoche for the Ottoman government originally referring to the outer gate of the sultan's Topkapı palace at which justice was administered, and later to the gate of the palace of the grand vizier.

Etymology: Wiktionary (CC-BY-SA)

Name Variants & Related

Portel Derived from Porte
Portes Derived from Porte
Porteu Derived from Porte
Porter Derived from Porte
Portex Derived from Porte
Portet Derived from Porte
Portee Derived from Porte
Porten Derived from Porte
Aaliyah Arabic origin
Abadi Arabic origin

Popularity by Country

Porte

Rank #595

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

Porte

Rank #15483

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Porte

Rank #29964

Frequency 739 people (0.27 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 65.49% Hispanic 6.09% Black 21.92% Asian/PI 4.87%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Similar Names to Porte

Last names that start with P, sorted by popularity.

No related names found.