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From LatinPia, 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 FinnishPiia.
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.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latinpia(“pious, dutiful”), feminine of pius.
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.