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Potter - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Potter

[ 2 syll. pot-ter, po-tt-er ] The boy name Potter is pronounced as PAATer †. Potter is used chiefly in the English language and its origin is also English. The name is of the meaning pot maker.

Potter is an unusual baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Potter include Padhra (Irish), Peadair (Scottish), Peder (Scandinavian), Pedro (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Peeter (Estonian), Petar (Romanian and Slavic), Peter (English, German, and Scandinavian), Petr (Czech, Russian, and Slavic), Petre (Romanian), Petro (Russian and Ukrainian), Petru (Romanian), Petter (Scandinavian), Péter (Hungarian), Pieter (Dutch), Piotr (Polish and Slavic), Pyatr (Russian), Pyotr (Russian), Padraigh, Peadar (Irish and Scottish), and Pedr (Welsh).

 



† Pronunciation for Potter: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"


 
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