Male name
Porter
21,801 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 2015. Expression number: 11.
Origin
From Middle English Porter, from porter (“porter”), From Old French portier (“doorman”), from porte (“door”) From Old French portour (“bearer”), from porter (“to carry”)From Wiktionary, entry “Porter”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 2015: 921 births. 21,801 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (5%) as well as boys (95%). It is still given: 3,250 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
7 + 6 + 9 + 2 + 5 + 9 = 38 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
6 + 5 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
9
humanity, generosity, completion
7 + 9 + 2 + 9 = 27 → 9
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 3, 4, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 9 · humanity, generosity, completion
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.