Laporsha
Feminine
Laporsha joins a free American prefix to a base that most readers will hear as a car. The man whose surname that is designed something very different before the sports cars: the cheapest car the twentieth century produced.
How old is the name Laporsha?
Laporsha first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Laporsha alive today was born around 1990, making them about 35 years old. About 700 people named Laporsha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laporsha most popular?
Laporsha peaked in 1990, reaching #1716 nationally. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Laporsha
Ferdinand Porsche spent most of his career as an engineer for other people, and the design that reached the most hands was the Volkswagen: a small rear-engined car commissioned by the German state in the nineteen-thirties to be affordable by ordinary families, and built in enormous numbers for decades afterward. The sports cars carrying the surname came later, from his son's company, and the first of them was built on Volkswagen parts. The wartime history of both the man and the factory is a serious and unresolved matter involving forced labor. The name on the badge belongs to an engineer whose most-produced design was meant to be cheap.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source has been documented. The prefix is a free element with no meaning of its own, and whether the base was taken from the brand, from Portia, or from the sound is not recorded.
Pronouncing Laporsha
luh-POR-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The prefix is light enough to disappear in quick speech.
Nicknames for Laporsha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most girls named
- 199085 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1716reached in 1990
- Change vs 2002
- −28.6%5 in 2003, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Laporshas among us
people named Laporsha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Laporsha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Porsha comes off it as a short form and stands perfectly well on its own.
- The stress falls where an English reader expects, so first attempts land correctly.
- Three syllables with a clear middle stress carry well across a room.
- The car brand is the first association for a great many readers.
- Laportia, Laporcha and Laporsche are all in the record and will be confused with it.
- No origin is documented, so the meaning question has nothing to answer with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laporshas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Laporsha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laporsha in 2025?
- Laporsha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Laporsha with classmates?
- Laporsha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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