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Portia

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Thoughts? Yay or Nay? My DH loves this name. I'm not sure how I feel about it.  
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  • macchiattomacchiatto member
    It's always made me think "portly." Sorry. :(
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  • lauren_mlauren_m member
    NOT a fan at all.  Sounds prima donna/diva to me, and I just don't think it's pretty.
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  • ProfessorMcGonagallProfessorMcGonagall member
    It's not awful but definitely NMS
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  • le bebe xole bebe xo member
    It sounds a little hoity-toity (sp?) for me to ever use myself, but I kind of like it
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  • zebrapanther1311zebrapanther1311 member
    I hate that name. Every Portia I've ever met was extremely trashy so that's how I see the name...trashy.
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  • JubilantSquirrelJubilantSquirrel member
    I think it's a really pretty name. The only person I've met with this name is the most adorable little 5 year old girl, so I have a positive assocation with it.

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  • stahlopstahlop member
    I automatically think Shakespeare (character from The Merchant of Venice), then I think Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (one of the step-sisters). I did bring this up during my last pregnancy but it got vetoed by DH. I like it.
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  • DaisyZHDaisyZH member
    I really like it.


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  • jess412lovejess412love member
    I immediately think of Ellen's wife, not a bad name necessarily.
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  • StargirlbStargirlb member
    I like it!
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  • jordannpaige10jordannpaige10 member
    lauren_m said:

    NOT a fan at all.  Sounds prima donna/diva to me, and I just don't think it's pretty.

    Same here.
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  • 4N6s4N6s member
    Hate it.
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  • Spring78Spring78 member
    I'm in the Shakespeare camp -- that is my first association with the name. I suspect the "hoity-toity" prima donna feel is a result of the similarity to one of the common pronunciations of the pretentious car brand Porsche, whether conscious or not.

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  • CoconutheadCoconuthead member
    I like it.
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  • CMSAVCMSAV member
    I kind of love it
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  • ashiscuteashiscute member
    I don't like it at all.  
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  • incirincir member
    Love it!  It reads totally Shakespeare to me.

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  • BeevolBeevol member
    I think of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and Portia de Rossi (of Arrested Development/Ellen's wife fame). It's nms, but I like it. 
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    Love it.  I do worry about the car association though (have the same issue with Mercedes)
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  • firsttimeauntiefirsttimeauntie member
    Not a fan. First thing that come to mind is the car
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  • operaghostoperaghost member
    I have the same name as a car, and you get a LOOOOOOOT of bad jokes. I'm 33 and people still make stupid comments. Just something to think about.
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  • notreal2notreal2 member
    carolineheider said:
    Isn't that Porky Pig's girlfriend's name?  Either way, it makes me think of a pig.  Sorry, I don't like it at all.
    Porky Pig's girl's name was Petunia.  Portia is cartoon pig free


     

     

     

     

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