Given name & surname · also Italian, Latin
Pia
“one who is pious”·“from the land of ice”
Pia is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is pious” and “from the land of ice”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is pious” and “from the land of ice”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In Danish usage, Pia is a feminine form of Pius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,984
- 0 boys · 3,984 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 158 babies
- 2025
- 148
- #1,456 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +43%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 148 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,456 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (23). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,608 as a first name in 2020; 795 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pia’s family of names
In Danish usage, Pia is a feminine form of Pius. In Polish usage, Pia has a conventional equivalent in the English form PIETY. In Finnish usage, Pia has a related form in PIIA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pia has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
7 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pia
- Pia CramlingSwedish chess playerborn 1963
- Pia SundhageSwedish association football player and managerborn 1960
- Pia KjærsgaardDanish politician (born 1947)
- Pia ZadoraAmerican actress and singerborn 1954
- Pia MariaAustrian singer-songwriterborn 2003
- Pia DegermarkSwedish actressborn 1949
- Pia MiaAmerican singerborn 1996
- Pia TafdrupDanish writer and poet (born 1952)
- Pia TjeltaNorwegian actressborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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