Pia
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pia"
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Pia
- A female given name from Latin.
- A surname
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Pia
- A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
Cebuano
Etymology
From Latin Pia, feminine form of the papal name Pius, from pius (“pious”).
Proper noun
Pia
- a female given name from Latin
- a surname from Latin
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Pia.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin Pia, feminine form of the papal name Pius, Latin pius "pious". By folk etymology associated with Scandinavian type nicknames like Mia, Moa, Thea, etc. Taken up as a given name in the 20th century. Cognate with Finnish Piia.
Proper noun
Pia
- a female given name
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 29 411 females with the given name Pia have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pia (“pious, dutiful”), feminine of pius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi.aː/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Pia f
- a female given name
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Piia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpi(ː)ɑ/, [ˈpi(ː)ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -iɑ
- Syllabification(key): Pi‧a
- Hyphenation(key): Pia
Proper noun
Pia
- a female given name
Declension
| Inflection of Pia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Pia | Piat | |
| genitive | Pian | Piojen | |
| partitive | Piaa | Pioja | |
| illative | Piaan | Pioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pia | Piat | |
| accusative | nom. | Pia | Piat |
| gen. | Pian | ||
| genitive | Pian | Piojen Piain rare | |
| partitive | Piaa | Pioja | |
| inessive | Piassa | Pioissa | |
| elative | Piasta | Pioista | |
| illative | Piaan | Pioihin | |
| adessive | Pialla | Pioilla | |
| ablative | Pialta | Pioilta | |
| allative | Pialle | Pioille | |
| essive | Piana | Pioina | |
| translative | Piaksi | Pioiksi | |
| abessive | Piatta | Pioitta | |
| instructive | — | Pioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
- Pia is the 62nd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 11,016 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,232 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpiːa]
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Pi‧a
Proper noun
Pia
- a female given name, popular recently
Norwegian
Etymology
Latin Pius.
Proper noun
Pia
- a female given name used in the twentieth century
Swedish
Etymology
Latin Pius.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Pia c (genitive Pias)
- a female given name popular in the twentieth century