Given name
Pelagia
“woman of the sea”·“man of the sea”
In Polish use, Pelagia is a feminine form of Pelagios. One Greek interpretation is “man of the sea.”
Original GreekΠελαγία
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Greek use, Pelagia carries the interpretation “woman of the sea.” In Polish use, Pelagia is a feminine form of Pelagios. One Greek interpretation is “man of the sea.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
Pelagia is used as a feminine counterpart of Pelagius.
The story
The name’s historical associations include various early saints, including a fifteen-year-old virgin martyr of the 4th century.
Pelagia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 0 boys · 91 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Pelagia’s family of names
In English usage, Pelagia shares an earlier linguistic root with Pelagie. Pelagia has a related form in Pelaga. Pelagia has a related form in Pelagie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Pelagia has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Pelagia comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Pellagialikely variant
- Pelagavariant
- Pelagiasvariant
- Pelageevariant
- Pelageyvariant
- Pelagivariant
- Pelagyvariant
- Pelagievariant · English
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Πελαγίαroot · Greek, Ancient Greek
- Пелагеяequivalent
- Pelayaequivalent
- Pelaiaequivalent
- Pélagieborrowing · French
- Pelagiuszhas masculine form
- ПелагияRussian
- Pelagiusmasculine form
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Pelagia
- Pelagia of TarsusMartyr and saint300–400
- Pelagia the VirginChristian saint, virgin and martyr250–305
- Pelagia Mendoza y GotianquinFilipino sculptor1867–1939
- Pelagia MajewskaPolish sportsperson (1933-1988)
- Pelagia PapamichailGreek basketball player (born 1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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