Pontĭus (noun M) :
* The name of a gens, originally Samnite, afterwards Roman. So
* C. Pontius, a leader of the Samnites, who surrounded the Romans in the Caudine Pass, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 75; Liv. 9, 1; Flor. 1, 16, 10.
* L. Pontius Aquila, one of the assassins of Coesar, Cic. Phil. 11, 6, 14; Asin. Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 4; Suet. Caes. 78.
* Pontius Pilatus, governor of Judoea in the time of Christ, Tac. A. 15, 44; Tert. Apol. 21; Lact. 4, 18; Sed. Carm. 5, 116.

Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Aurelius Pontius Nicias (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1579 | PIR ID2646
• Iunius Pontius Proculus (Masc), ref: PIR I 0799 | PIR ID7993
• Marcus Claudius ... Pontius Pontianus Marcellus ... (senator), ref: AE 2001, 739 | PIR ID8939
• Memmius Pontius Ptolemaeus Parnasius (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1989, 655 | PIR ID9152
• C. Petronius Pontius Nigrinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0812 | PIR ID10317
• Pontius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0790 | PIR ID10876
• L. Pontius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0793 | PIR ID10877
• Pontius (Masc), ref: PIR P 0792 | PIR ID10878
• Pontius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0789 | PIR ID10879
• M. Pontius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0791 | PIR ID10880
• L. Pontius Allifanus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0794 | PIR ID10881
• L. Pontius Bassus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0795 | PIR ID10882
• M. Pontius Eglectus Archelaus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0796 | PIR ID10883
• Pontius Eglectus Iulianus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0797 | PIR ID10884
• C. Pontius Faustinus Granianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0799 | PIR ID10885
• L. Pontius Flaccus (Masc, senator), ref: cf. P 0715 | PIR ID10886
• Pontius Fregellianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0800 | PIR ID10887
• Pontius Fuscus Pontianus (Masc, senator), ref: AE 1998, 282 | PIR ID10888
• Pontius Gavius Maximus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0801 | PIR ID10889
• Pontius Homullus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0802 | PIR ID10890
• Pontius Labio (Masc), ref: PIR P 0803 | PIR ID10891
• M. Pontius Laelianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0805 | PIR ID10892
• Pontius Laelianus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0804 | PIR ID10893
• M. Pontius Laelianus Larcius Sabinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0806 | PIR ID10894
• Pontius Lucrianus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0807 | PIR ID10895
• Pontius Marcellus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0808 | PIR ID10896
• L. Pontius Mauricus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0809 | PIR ID10897
• L. Pontius Mela (Masc), ref: PIR P 0810 | PIR ID10898
• L. Pontius Nigrinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0811 | PIR ID10899
• C. Pontius Paelignus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0813 | PIR ID10900
• C. Pontius Paulinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0814 | PIR ID10901
• Pontius Pilatus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0815 | PIR ID10902
• Tib. Pontius Pontianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0816 | PIR ID10903
• Pontius Proculus (Masc), ref: PIR P 0817 | PIR ID10904
• Pontius Proculus Pontianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0818 | PIR ID10905
• A. Pontius Quietus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0819 | PIR ID10906
• ... Pontius Rabellianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0820 | PIR ID10907
• C. Pontius Rufus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0821 | PIR ID10908
• M. Pontius Sabinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0822 | PIR ID10909
• T. Pontius Sabinus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0823 | PIR ID10910
• L. Pontius F... Strabo (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0824 | PIR ID10911
• Pontius Surus Iunianus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0825 | PIR ID10912
• M. Pontius ...tius (Masc), ref: Devijver PME P 86 | PIR ID10913
• C. Pontius Ulpius Verus ...nianus Victor Potamius (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0831 | PIR ID10914
• M. Pontius Varanus Sabinus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0826 | PIR ID10915
• Pontius Verus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0827 | PIR ID10916
• L. Pontius Verus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0828 | PIR ID10917
• L. Pontius Verus (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0829 | PIR ID10918
• C. Pontius Victor Verianus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR P 0830 | PIR ID10919
• M. Sosius Laelianus Pontius Falco (Masc, senator), ref: PIR P 0798 (= S1 0558) | PIR ID12562
• G. Pontius Pontianus Fuficius Maximus (Masc, senator), ref: AE 2007, 1335 = SEG 55, 1384 | PIR ID14841