Pontius

Pontius means "marine" or "relating to the sea." It can be used as a name, both first and last. People named "Pontius" include;

*The Greek name for Pontic Greeks
* Pontius Aquilia, a tribune that lived at the time of Julius Caesar
* Pontius Fregellanus, a man of senatorial rank. He was involved in an adultery scandal at the time the Emperor Tiberius, died in March 37
* Gaius Petronius Pontius Nigrinus, became consul at the time the Emperor Tiberius died in March 37

*Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea, according to the Bible he presided over the trial of Jesus
*Gaius Pontius, Samnite commander and victor at the Battle of the Caudine Forks, believed ancestor of Pontius Pilate
*Chris Pontius, actor in "Jackass" television series
*Paulus Pontius, artist
*Pontius of Carthage, deacon in Carthage, early Christian writer from the middle of the 3rd century, who wrote a description of the life of Church Father Cyprian of Carthage