Porcius/Porcia (name)

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Porcius (male) and Porcia (female) were celebrated names of the well known plebeian gens of ancient Rome. They were divided into three families during the republic; Laeca, Licinus and Cato. The most well-known line is the Cato cognomen, who were descended from Cato the Elder who obtained the consulship in 195 BC. They were related to several other families during the late Republican period (See Brutus family tree).

During the imperial period of Rome three more cognomens, Festus, Latro and Septimus, occurred. The name Porcia is the root of the modern female name Portia.