What does Porfirio mean?
Porfirio [por-firio] as a boys' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Porfirio is "purple coloring". The English term is "porphyry". Name of a fourth-century saint as well as a famous 20th-century playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa.
Porfirio has 2 variants: Porphirios and Prophyrios.Kreatif forms:
(male) Perfirio, Pierfirio, ..
(female) Porfidia, Porfiera, ..
How popular is Porfirio?
Porfirio is a somewhat prominent first name for men (#938 out of 1220, Top 77%) and an even more prominent surname for all people (#66073 out of 150436, Top 44%). (2000 U.S. Census)
Displayed below is the birth name statistics of Porfirio for boys. Porfirio was first listed in 1900-1909 and reached its top position of #1101 in the U.S. during 1920-1929, but is not listed at the moment. (2015 Birth Statistics)
Suggested similar names are Arcinio, Arrio, Arsinio (see Arsenio), Bonfecio, Bricio, Brizio, Cirilio, Cornelio, Efisio, Erminio, Florinio (see Florent), Fortunio, Herminio, Horacio, Horatio, Lotario, Lothario, Morio, Onofrio, Parmenio, Parrie, Parris, Patricio, Patrizio, Pedrio (see Pedro), Perdido, Peregrin, Peregrino, Perfecto, Perrie, Perrin, Pompilio, Pomponio, Poriel, Porter▲, Primo, Rogerio, Rosario▼, Sephirio (see Seferino), Torio, Torrio (see Torio), Vergilio, Virgilio and Virginio. These names tend to be less frequently used than Porfirio.