as a Last Name
- 79,894
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Potter
Meaning & Origins
English, Dutch, and North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.
| 401st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 79,894
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Potter per capita
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