Editing Porsanger Municipality (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) was first named after the old ''Kistrand'' farm since the first [[Kistrand Church]] was built there. The first element is possibly derived from the word {{wikt-lang|no|kid}} which means "kid" (as in a young [[goat]]). The last element is {{wikt-lang|no|strand}} which means "[[beach]]" or "shore".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qolBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt |date=1924 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=18 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=181 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

On 2 November 1962, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the name of the municipality to ''Porsanger''.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1962 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1962. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381019_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=401}}</ref> The new name comes the local [[Porsangerfjorden]] ({{langx|non|Porsangr}}). The first element is probably the name of the plant {{wikt-lang|no|pors}} or ''finnmarkspors'' (''[[Rhododendron tomentosum]]''). Another theory is that the first element is derived from the [[Northern Sami language|Northern Sami]] word {{lang|se|borsi}} which means "[[waterfall]]". The last element is {{wikt-lang|non|angr}} which means "[[fjord]]" or "[[bay]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qolBAAAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Finmarkens amt |date=1924 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=18 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=178 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

Since 2004, the municipality has had three co-official, co-equal, interchangeable names: {{native name|no|Porsanger}}, {{native name|se|Porsáŋgu}}, and {{native name|fkv|Porsanki}}, since it has three official languages: [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]], [[Northern Sami language|Northern Sami]], and [[Kven language|Kven]].<ref name="snl2">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Porsangen |url=http://snl.no/Porsangen |access-date=2013-03-29 |language=no}}</ref><ref name="snl">{{Cite web |last=Store norske leksikon |author-link=Store norske leksikon |title=Porsángu |url=http://snl.no/Pors%C3%A1ngu |access-date=2013-03-29 |language=no}}</ref> The spelling of the Sami and Kven language names change depending on how they are used. In Sami, it is called {{lang|se|Porsáŋgu}} when it is spelled alone, but it is {{lang|se|Porsáŋggu gielda}} when using the Sami language equivalent to "Porsanger Municipality". In Kven, it is called {{lang|fkv|Porsanki}} when it is spelled alone, and it is {{lang|se|Porsangin komuuni}} when using the Kven language equivalent to "Porsanger municipality".<ref name="sami name">{{Cite web |title=Stadnamn og rettskriving |url=https://www.kartverket.no/til-lands/stadnamn/stadnamn-og-offisielle-sprak-i-noreg |access-date=2023-11-19 |publisher=[[Kartverket]] |language=no}}</ref>