| Official Name: | Zgornji Porčič |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Styria |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Drava |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.51 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 463 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.5925°N 15.8588°W |
| Elevation M: | 335.8 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Zgornji Porčič (pronounced as /sl/) is a settlement in the Municipality of Sveta Trojica v Slovenskih Goricah in northeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Drava Statistical Region.[2]
The name Zgornji Porčič literally means 'upper Porčič', differentiating the settlement from neighboring Spodnji Porčič (literally, 'lower Porčič') and Stari Porčič (literally, 'old Porčič', a hamlet of Zgornji Porčič). The name Porčič was first attested in written sources in 1338 as Purchstal (and as Purkstal in 1419, Purckstall and Purgstal in 1445, and Purgstoll and Burgstall in 1763–87). The name is believed to derive from Middle High German burcstal (cf. modern German Burgstall), meaning '(elevated) fortification'. This may refer to a manor owned by the Stubenberg noble family that formerly stood in Spodnji Porčič, or to prehistoric fortifications. The Slovenian name Porčič may be derived from the German name as a diminutized hypocorism (Purg- > *Porgec > *Porgčič > Porčič).[3]
A Neo-Gothic chapel in the village was built in the second half of the 19th century.[4]