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It makes me think of pee and I would never use it. Very annoying name.

It's not popular at all where I live (England), but my friend's German exchange partner's name is Pia, and she made me like the name :)

I love Pia. There was a teacher at my high school named that and it always makes me think of her (and she was never even my teacher). I wouldn't use it, but I like hearing it. I only know the one and I hardly ever hear the name.

Yes, I do think of pee. I've heard the name before, and have always thought the spelling and sound of Pia were pretty (like Mia, Nia, Leah) ...it's just that first syllable stands out to me.

This message was edited 10/16/2008, 7:59 PM

I love it, and no one in America is using it.

In Italy, it would be a bit of an old lady's name. I also find it too short and personally I'm not sure I'd want to name my daughter "pious", it's a bit odd if you're not religious at all.

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I'm not particularly bugged by the "pee" sound, possibly because I'm used to the name.

The German Exchange student at my school last year was called Pia.

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I don't think anyone ever mentioned 'Pee' to her, and I never thought about it when I was introduced to her. Looking at it now I thought of 'pee' though.

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She was incredibly rude though, so my impression of this name isn't very good

I think it is a cute name and not used (that I know of) where I live. I have only seen the name used in video games. Never seen it on a person where I live.

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It doesn't make me think of urine. No more than Peter does. Or any other name with a Pee sound.

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I probably wouldn't use it, because I don't like short names so much. But it is still a good name.

Unfortunately, I do think of "pee." I can't get the schoolyard taunts out of my head. It's not at all popular where I live, Northwest, U.S.A.

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I do like names like Cassiopea and Penelope. It's just Pia, isolated as it is, is too close to "pee." (Darn those early childhood impressions!)

It's lovely. I think it's an adorable little name, and no, it doesn't make me think of urine. It's not popular where I live, and I've never heard it on anyone I know or have come across. It was Ingrid Bergman's eldest daughter's name (well, technically, it was her middle name, but she never used her first name), and the letters stood for Petter-Ingrid-Alltid.