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View Surname: Porter


PORTER
SOURCE: Occupation
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: PAWR-tər   [key]
Meaning & History
Occupational surname meaning "doorkeeper", ultimately from Old French porte "door", from Latin porta.
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