Given name · also Old Galician-Portuguese
Paio
“of the sea”
Paio is a masculine given name from Old Galician-Portuguese, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Paio comes from Old Galician-Portuguese, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Paio developed from Πελάγιος.
Paio’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Paio shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Pelayo. In Galician usage, Paio has a conventional equivalent in the English form Pelagius. In Portuguese usage, Paio continues an earlier form in Pelagius.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Paio has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Paio comes from · 1 name
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Paio
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Paio, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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99% boys · 1% girls
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Sliwa
“plum tree”
—
Huayta
“flower”
—
Zogović
“bird”
—
Фа
“tree”
—
Жамсо
“sea”
>99% boys
ᠵᠠᠮᠴᠤ
“sea”
>99% boys