Porcher is a French language word meaning "swineherd" (from Old French porc), from which a metonymic surname is derived.Reaney, Percy Hide & Wilson, Richard Middlewood. A Dictionary of English Surnames. (Routledge, 1991), p. 358. Variants of the surname include Le Porcher, Porchier, Porquier, Porquiez, Pourcher, Pourchaire, Porchet, Porchel, Porchat and Pourchet; and also diminutive forms Porcheray, Porcheret, Porcherot and Porcherel.
People with the name Frances Porcher (1853–1935), American writer and journalist Francis Peyre Porcher, A medical figure from the American Civil War Frederick Adolphus Porcher (1809–1888), American politician and educator (1814–1877), German sculptor and painter (1860–1936), Prussian district administrator George Du Pré Porcher (c. 1823–1876), English cricketer and barrister (1753–1824), count of Richebourg, French physician and politician (1892-1966), French historian (born 1956), French sociologist and zootechnician Josias Porcher (c. 1761–1820), English politician (1940–2014), French sociologist (born 1947), French lawyer and politician (born 1992), French cyclist Mazÿck Porcher Ravenel (1862–1946), American physician and professor Robert Porcher (born 1969), American football defensive end Robert John Porcher Broughton (1816–1911), English amateur cricketer Thomas Porcher (born 1977), French economist Thomas Porcher Stoney (1889–1973), American politician William Porcher Miles (1822–1899), American politician William Porcher DuBose (1836–1918), American priest and theologian
See also Porcarius
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