Given name & surname
Pio
“a pious man”
Pio is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a pious man.”
Original LatinPius
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a pious man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 356
- 356 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,499 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,499 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 952 as a first name in 2020; 1,299 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.
Pio’s family of names
In Italian usage, Pio has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Pius. In Italian usage, Pio continues an earlier form in Pius. Pio has a related form in Pius.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pio
- Pio EspositoItalian footballer (born 2005)
- Pio MarmaïFrench actorborn 1984
- Pio LaghiCatholic cardinal (1922–2009)
- Pio TaofinuʻuCatholic cardinal (1923–2006)
- Pio FerrarisItalian footballer (1899-1957)
- Pio La TorreItalian politician (1927-1982)
- Pio Alberto del CoronaItalian Roman Catholic bishop and writer (1837-1912)
- Pio RajnaItalian Romance philologist (1847–1930)
- Pio TuiaTokelauan politicianborn 1943
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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