Porfirio

Italian and Spanish from Greek

"purple dye"

Porfirio Origin and Meaning

The name Porfirio is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "purple dye".

This ancient saint's name was borne by the infamous midcentury playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa.

Porfirio Rank in US Top 1000

# 920 in the US

Famous People Named Porfirio

• (José de la Cruz) Porfirio Díaz 29th President of Mexico
• Porfirio Lobo Sosa 54th President of Honduras
• Porfirio Rubirosa Dominican diplomat
• Porfirio Salinas American painter
• Porfirio López Costa Rican footballer
• Porfirio Barba Jacob, pen name of Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez, Colombian poet