Portia may refer to: Biology Portia (spider), a genus of jumping spiders Anaea troglodyta or Portia, a brush-footed butterfly Portia tree, a plant native to Polynesia Medication A form of birth control made of ethinylestradiol/levonorgestrel Other uses Portia (moon), a moon of Uranus Portia Club, a women's club in Payette, Idaho/USA Portia, Missouri, a community in the United States PORTIA portfolio-management software from Thomson Financial HMS Lennox (1914) or HMS Portia, a Laforey-class destroyer launched in 1914 People with the given name Portia Arthur (born 1990), Ghanaian author, writer and reporter Porcia Catonis, the wife of Roman senator Marcus Junius Brutus (fictionalized as a character in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar as "Portia") Portia Dawson, American actress Portia de Rossi or Portia DeGeneres, Australian-born actress Portia Doubleday, American actress Portia Geach (1873–1959), Australian artist and feminist Portia Holman (1903–1983), Australian child psychiatrist Portia Mansfield (1887–1979), American dance educator and choreographer Portia Robinson (1926–2023), Australian historian Portia Simpson-Miller, political leader of Jamaica's People's National Party and Prime Minister of Jamaica Portia White, Canadian singer Portia Zvavahera (born 1985), Zimbabwean painter Portia, pen name of Abigail Adams (1744-1818) Portia, pen name of Grizelda Elizabeth Cottnam Tonge (1803-1825) Fictional Portia (The Merchant of Venice), a character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice Portia Quayne, the protagonist in The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen Portia Gibbons, character on The Mighty B! Portia, a minor character in The Hunger Games Portia Copeland, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Portia Blake, the lead character in the American radio and television soap opera Portia Faces Life Portia, the name for the frequently changed spider protagonist in Children of Time (novel), a novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky Portia, Door's mother in Neverwhere, a novel by Neil Gaiman See also Porch Porcia (disambiguation) Porsche (disambiguation)