Bio Family History

Italian (Sicily): probably from the medieval personal name Bios, a Greek translation of the Latin name Vitus ‘life’ (see Vito).

Filipino: from Ilokano bio, a term denoting a type of tree with good construction timber; probably used as a metonymic occupational name or as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area where these trees are in abundance.

West African (mainly Benin): unexplained.