Boy · Latin
Pius
Say it: PY-us
Meaning
Latin pius 'dutiful, devout'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Roman epithet and papal name; Pio was given in Italy into the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 426 babies given this name since 1911
- At its height in 1911, about 1 in 28,200 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Pio |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Pío |
| Polish | Pius |
Famous bearers
- Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (as cognomen)
- Pope Pius IX
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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