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I don't think they'd be mispronounced, no more so than most names (plenty of names get mispronounced and it's no big deal - Sara, Ada, Eva, Caroline, Alicia, Madeline for examples). Both are pretty intuitive, and easy to correct if it happens.

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Definitely prefer Portia. Porcia has a porky thing that's hard to shake. I read somewhere that William Shakespeare changed the spelling of Porcia to Portia specifically to combat the piggyness, and wow am I glad it stuck.

Portia.

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Porcia is too close to porcine and makes me thinks of pigs (more than the name Portia already does).

I like Portia. It is Shakespearean, and I like the "gate, pathway" meaning. Porcia is too associated with pigs.

Definitely Portia, if looks morebalanced and Porcia looks as though it could be por-SEE-ah.

Portia. Without a doubt. I can identify Porcia as probably being the same name as Portia but Porcia looks like it’s trying to be Marcia. Now, Marcia is a lovely name (as well) but Porcia looks misspelled. And like a latin word that should be pronounced as POR-ki-a.

Portia is better, Porcia remind me of pork (more)

Portia. The other would get mispronounced and mispelt

People can and sometimes do mispronounce anything, with the possible exception of 'and' and 'but'. And if you correct them quietly and without fuss, they won't do it again unless they are trying to be funny, in which case it's OK to ignore them.

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Portia is Shakespearean as well as ancient Roman, which is a plus; Porcia looks like a refugee from a pig farm.

I prefer Portia. Porcia reminds me of 'porcine', as in pig like. I also think it could be mispronounced as poor-SEE-ə.

Porsche. Jk, Portia!

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I'm sure it would be mispronounced occasionally, but it's a beautiful name and easily correctible if someone does mispronounce the first time.

Definitely Portia. If I misread Porc as having a hard C, it's too close to pork, or the meaning just seems too transparent, like porcine.

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Yeah, I think they'd both be mispronounced a good portion of the time in the US. It's not a common name, and the pronunciation looks ambiguous, if you don't know it.

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I went to school with a Portia / Porsha. I don't remember how she spelled it. I thought her name stood out in a good way, at the time.
...actually I think it was Porsche, because I remember it reminded me of cars, so I associated it with Mercedes.

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I prefer the look of Portia, but I pronounce them the same, and I don't think either would be mispronounced.

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I know someone named LaPorsha, often called just Porsha. Can't say I care for that spelling.