title: Porcher
text: # Porcher
  
  Porcher is a French language word meaning "swineherd" (from Old French porc), from which a metonymic surname is derived. 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
  
  * Gilles Porcher de Lissonay [fr] (1753–1824), count of Richebourg, French physician and politician
  * Josias Du Pré Porcher (c. 1761 – 1820), English politician
  * Robert John Porcher Broughton (1816–1911), English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1836 to 1864
  * William Porcher Miles (1822–1899), United States Representative from South Carolina
  * William Porcher DuBose (1836–1918), American priest and theologian in the Protestant Episcopal Church
  * Louis Porcher [fr] (1940–2014), French sociologist
  * Laurent Porchier (born 1968), French competition rower and Olympic champion
  * Robert Porcher (born 1969), American football defensive end
  * Thomas Porcher (born 1977), French economist
  * David Porcher (born 1997), Scottish Paralympic athlete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
  