Given name & surname
Pontius
“the fifth-born child”
Pontius is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “the fifth-born child.”
Original LatinQuintius
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “the fifth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Pontius appears in Luke 3:1, Matthew 27:2, Acts 4:27 and 1 other passage.
- Luke 3:1
- Matthew 27:2
- Acts 4:27
- 1 Timothy 6:13
From biblical name research
Pontius’s family of names
In Latin usage, Pontius has a feminine form in PONTIA. In English usage, Pontius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Poncjusz. Pontius has a related form in Pons.
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Around the world
Pontius has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Quintiusvariant · Latin
- Pontiousvariant · English
- Pontusvariant
- Ponteusvariant
- Ponteasvariant
- Pontyusvariant
- Pontiosvariant
- Pontiasvariant
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Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Quintusdoublet · Latin
- Pontiafeminine form · Latin
- Poncederivative · Spanish
- Ponzioequivalent
- PoncjuszPolish
- Pontiescognate · pgn
- Ponciequivalent
- Poncioequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pontius
- Pontius of Carthage3rd century Carthaginian Latin author and Christian saint
- Pontius TelesinusItalic Samnite leader (died 82 BC)200 BC–81 BC
- Pons of MelgueilFrench abbot1075–1127
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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