Given name & surname
Pius
“a pious man”
Pius is a variant of Pio. One Latin interpretation is “a pious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pius is a variant of Pio. One Latin interpretation is “a pious man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Pius is a variant of Pio. An origin associated with Pio is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Pius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 476
- 476 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,081 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,081 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 31.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 774 as a first name in 2020; 360 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.
Pius’s family of names
In Danish usage, Pius has a feminine form in Pia. Pius has a related form in Pio. In Polish usage, Pius has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Pio.
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Around the world
Pius has relatives in 13 languages.
11 related names in 13 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 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Piafeminine form · Danish, ceb
- Pijusderivative · Lithuanian
- Piiaderivative · Finnish
- PiuszHungarian
- ПийRussian
- ΠίοςGreek
- PijsLatvian
- PíoSpanish
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pius
- Pope Pius IXPope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 18781792–1878
- Pope Pius VIIhead of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823 (1742–1823)
- Pope Pius VIPope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 17991717–1799
- Pope Pius IVpope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 15651499–1565
- Pope Pius Ipope95–150
- Pius IkediaNigerian footballerborn 1980
- Pius N'DiefiCameroonian footballerborn 1975
- Pius PaschkeGerman ski jumperborn 1990
- Pius NcubeCatholic archbishopborn 1946
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