What is the name meaning of PORTIER. Phrases containing PORTIER
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PORTIER
Boy/Male
French
Gatekeeper.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English porter ‘doorkeeper’, ‘gatekeeper’ (Old French portier). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. As an American surname, this has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other European languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner) and North German Poertner.English : occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Old French porteo(u)r (Late Latin portator, from portare ‘to carry or convey’).Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch portere ‘doorkeeper’. Compare 1.Dutch : status name for a freeman (burgher) of a seaport, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : adoption of the English or Dutch name in place of some Ashkenazic name of similar sound or meaning.
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Girl/Female
Greek
Of the west wind.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Great
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Crowell, from Old English crÄwe ‘crow’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Energy
Boy/Male
Greek
Flat footed.
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Victor
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
Lord of All Hindrances
Female
Gaelic
Variant spelling of Gaelic Tuilelaith, TAILEFLAITH means "princess of abundance."
Female
German
Old German name derived from the word amal, EMMELINE means "work."
Boy/Male
Belgium, Hindu, Indian, Swiss, Tamil
One who Protects
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n.
A curtain hanging across a doorway.