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Cosycottage4 · 09/04/2016 15:00

Really struggling with names for DD2, DH and I keep coming up with ideas then vetoing for one reason or another.

Portia came up on a thread I read last night and I think it's beautiful. Obv wouldn't want the car connotations but not sure if that's where people's minds would go on first hearing?

What does everyone think?

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DoSomethingKirsty · 13/04/2016 20:21

To me it will always be the company who make ring pessaries for uterine prolapse - Sorry!

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Teacaddy · 12/04/2016 20:24

Go for it, so - reclaim it from the snotty, horsy girls!

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Cosycottage4 · 12/04/2016 20:00

We have a relatively 'normal' surname and it does flow nicely :-)

So glad there are some positive views as well as the negative ones... I know it does have that bratty connotation but I so want to see past that as I just love the name!

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Teacaddy · 12/04/2016 16:48

I like it, but it does remind me more of John Cleese's snotty, horsy daughter who wants a nose job in A Fish Called Wanda than of Shakespeare's sparky heroine... (And AFCW did have a joke about calling your daughter after a car in it, from what I remember...)

squoosh · 12/04/2016 14:25

I like it and I quite like the juxtoposition of a long or 'fancy' name with a plain surname.

Me too! I think plain surnames deserve a fancy shmancy first name. Jane Brown sounds a little bit sad whereas Portia Brown sounds marvellous.

TinySombrero · 12/04/2016 13:45

I like it. I haven't heard it much at all.

MamaLazarou · 12/04/2016 13:38

I like it a lot and it doesn't make me think of Porsche.

RiverTam · 12/04/2016 13:36

I like it and I quite like the juxtoposition of a long or 'fancy' name with a plain surname.

Grumpyoldblonde · 12/04/2016 13:34

It's a beautiful name, I really like it. Would it go with her surname? Portia Smith/Brown wouldn't sound right IMO.

GoldPlatedBacon · 12/04/2016 13:27

I really like it. If I have another girl Portia is a strong contender. My dd is Xanthe, I think they work well together although my family will say they are both posh names they think I'm a snob (we're not posh)

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ABitAsleep · 12/04/2016 09:51

Car imediatley springs to mind...

After that, a snobby, bratty, stereotypicaly posh and rich, nasty girl who goes to private school, lives off her parents money and has probably never worked in her life...

Also, i would how it is pronounced (porsh-ah), but it doesn't stop me saying it in my head as Port-ee-ah every time

can you tell i don't like it?

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ChannelFiftySeven · 12/04/2016 09:46

LOVE this name. My daughter would have been one but it doesn't go with our surname SadSadSad

MrsCaecilius · 12/04/2016 09:44

Knew one at school. I love it - says 'Shakespeare' to me too.

If you like that you might also like Miranda or Rosanna?

AmIbeingaBitch · 11/04/2016 22:03

Point being...you have to have true character to carry that sort of name.

AmIbeingaBitch · 11/04/2016 21:52

I love her.

Absolutelyfabulously · 11/04/2016 21:38

I think Portia De Rossi, Ellen's wife

EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 11/04/2016 21:36

I automatically think Quality of Mercy and not anything else.
Shakespeare was a playwright for the people.

I wanted it but unfortunately DH is an absolute heathen.

Hepzibar · 11/04/2016 21:23

The first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was Merchant of Venice.

I think it's a lovely name. XH's Dsis was called Portia ( although the family called her Port)

user7755 · 11/04/2016 21:22
AlleyCatandRastaMouse · 11/04/2016 21:19

Absolutely love it. Very Shakespeare😄. Portia deRossa does it justice too.

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Cosycottage4 · 11/04/2016 21:17

Haha I've never heard that one?!

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user7755 · 11/04/2016 21:11

No. Hey Hey Portia, I think I wanna ? ya!

I haven't imagined that song have I (even if i have forgotten the words!)