A few days ago
Anonymous

Is “Porl” a real name?

I know there’s a member of the Cure called Porl, but is it just a nickname, for the name “Paul”? Or, is it a name of itself?

Thanks.

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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I think it is a nickname for Paul. These sites might help a little.
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A few days ago
alicias7768
Porl Thompson (born Paul Stephen Thompson, November 8, 1957, in Wimbledon, England) is an English musician best known for his work with The Cure. Porl is the oldest of four children born to Tom and Dot Thompson; he has two brothers (Andrew and Robert) and one sister named Carol, who used to be married to Simon Gallup. Meanwhile, Porl is married to Janet Smith, the younger sister of Robert Smith and together they have three sons (Todd, Bodhi and Darcie) and a daughter (Noosha).

Porl King, born 19th October 1967 on the Wirral in Merseyside, England, first achieved public acclaim and success as the singer, songwriter and guitarist for the goth band Rosetta Stone from their inception in the late 1980s through to their demise in 1998.

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A few days ago
Mr. Bennett
Porl is my middle name. I was named after a friend of my great grandparents, Porl Bratislavski.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
i saw nickanme but i went to school with a girl names Porl pronounced Pearl. so who knows. forever a mystery.
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