Given name

Pelagios

“man of the sea”

Pelagios is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “man of the sea.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Greek interpretation is “man of the sea.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

Pelagios’s family of names

Pelagios has a feminine form in Pelagia. Pelagios has a related form in Pelayo. Pelagios has a related form in Pelagius.

Walk Pelagios’s family in the name graph

PelagiosPelayoPelagiusPelagusPelagosPelagia

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Pelagios, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Ancient Greek · Nature

Paio

“of the sea”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Hesperos

“born beneath the evening star”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Acacio

“of the thorny tree”

No U.S. birth series

98% boys · 2% girls

Greek · Nature

Melancton

“resembling a black flower”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek · Nature

Bardhyl

“white star” · “white”

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Greek · Nature

Kai

Kai is used in several naming traditions, with different explanations for the same spelling.

81CommonRising

93% boys · 7% girls

Greek · Nature

Jolan

“resembling a violet flower”

14Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Greek · Nature

Zale

“one who has the strength of the sea” · “having the strength of the sea”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Pelagios’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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