Both Porphyry's parents were Syrian and he would only get the nickname Porphyry later in his life as we shall explain below. Porphyry was named after his father so for many years he was known as Malchus.
Parehong porpiri ng mga magulang ay Siryan at siya na lamang makuha ang palayaw porpiri mamaya sa kanyang buhay bilang namin ay dapat ipaliwanag sa ibaba.