Names

Variant of Porras.

Means “swineherd” from Old French and Middle English porchier, from Latin porcus “pig”.

Used by P. L. Travers for the magical nanny in her Mary Poppins series of books, first published in 1934. It is not known how Travers devised the name. She may have had the English words pop or poppet (meaning “young woman”) in mind.

Used by P. L. Travers for the magical nanny in her Mary Poppins series of books, first published in 1934. It is not known how Travers devised the name. She may have had the English words pop or poppet (meaning “young woman”) in mind.

Means “son of the priest” in Macedonian.

Means “son of the priest” in Macedonian.

Means “son of the priest”, derived from Russian and Bulgarian поп (pop).

Means “son of the priest”, derived from Russian and Bulgarian поп (pop).

From Polish poplaw meaning “flowing water, flood”.

From Polish poplaw meaning “flowing water, flood”.