Given name
Pélagie
“of the sea”
Pélagie is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Original LatinPelagia
Meaning & origin
What it means
Pélagie goes back to Ancient Greek Πελαγία, meaning “of the sea.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In French usage, Pélagie is a feminine form of Πελάγιος.
Pélagie’s family of names
Pélagie developed from Pelagia. In French usage, Pélagie has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Πελαγία. In French usage, Pélagie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Pelagia.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Pélagie has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Pélagie comes from · 1 name
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Pelagiasource · Latin, Spanish
- Pelágiaequivalent
- Pelageyaequivalent
- Pelayaequivalent
- Pelaiaequivalent
- ΠελαγίαGreek
- Πελάγιοςmasculine form · French
- ПелагеяRussian
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People named Pélagie
- Pélagie GbaguidiBeninese artist (born 1965)
- Pélagie UweraRwandan politician, Senator elected in South Provinceborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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