Girl · Latin
Pia
Say it: PEE-uh
Meaning
Latin pia 'dutiful, devout'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Roman epithet that became a given name in Italy and later in Germany and Scandinavia.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 3,251 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 15,700 girls
- 102 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Pia |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Pía |
| German | Pia |
| Swedish | Pia |
Famous bearers
- Pia de' Tolomei, the Sienese woman of Dante's Purgatorio
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Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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