Papias

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Origin and Meaning

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Latin form of the Greek name Παπίας (Papías):

The meaning is uncertain, it might be related to either

Greek πάπια (pápia) = 'duck (bird)'
or
Greek παπάς (papás) = 'priest'
or
Greek Πάπας (Pápas) = 'Pope'

Related Names

Papias

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Latin

Name Days

Denmark

23 February

Faroe Islands

23 February

Further Information

Papias is not usually used as a name in the Nordic countries, it is just known as the name of the Christian saint Papias of Hierapolis (1st and 2nd century)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		0	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	0	0	0	0	0
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Papias.