Question: is potiphar and potiphera the same person?
Answer: Potiphar (Hebrew: פוטיפר‎) is the shortened form of פוטיפרע "Potiphera" from Late Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ "he whom Ra has given." This is analogous to the name "Theodore"="God's gift" in the Western world.