Given name · Belarusian · Russian
Пелагея
“the sea”
Пелагея (Pelagéja) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “the sea.” It is used in Russian.
Belarusian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Pelageâ.
Meaning & origin
Пелагея’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Пелагея has a transliteration in Pelageâ. In Russian usage, Пелагея can be written in the Roman alphabet as Pelagéja. In Russian usage, Пелагея has a conventional equivalent in the French form Pélagie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Пелагея has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Пелагея comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Пелагея
- Pelageya ShajnRussian astronomer1894–1956
- Polina RaikoUkrainian naïve painter1928–2004
- Pelageya Polubarinova-KochinaRussian mathematician (1899–1999)
- Pelageya Danilovaartistic gymnast (1918-2001)
- Pelageya Belousova1904–1968
- Pelaheia LytvynovaUkrainian folklorist (1833–1904)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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