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Piia

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Estonian

Etymology

20th century loan from Swedish and Danish, and ultimately from Latin Pia.

Proper noun

Piia

  1. a female given name

Finnish

Etymology

20th century loan from Swedish Pia, feminine of Latin Pius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiː.ɑ/, [ˈpiː.ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Pii‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): Piia

Proper noun

Piia

  1. a female given name popular in the latter half of the twentieth century

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Piia is the 120th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,151 female individuals (and as a middle name to 722 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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Greenlandic

Alternative forms

  • (old orthography) Pîa

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Beate and, later, from Pia.

Proper noun

Piia

  1. a female given name from Danish
  • Piiaati

References

  • Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
  • Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

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