Pelagia
Pelagia is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Of the open sea.
What Pelagia means
Of the open sea.
Pelagia sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Pelagia comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Pelagia is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Pelagia?
Pelagia is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Pelagia is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Pelagia
Pelagia spans Ocean and water and the sea, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Pelagia
These share Pelagia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Moana — Ocean; the deep sea.
- Nerissa — From the sea.
- Saylor — Boat captain; of the sea.
- Kai — The sea.
- Arnav — The ocean; the sea.
- Cove — A sheltered bay.
- Dylan — Son of the sea.
- Tao — Great waves.
- Galene — Calm seas.
- Pearl — A precious pearl.
- Mia — Mine; beloved; star of the sea.
More Greek names
- Pandora — All-gifted.
- Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
- Orpheus — Beautiful voice.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Orion — The hunter; a brilliant constellation.
- Perseus — Destroyer; heroic slayer.
- Ophelia — Help; serene wisdom.
- Peter — Rock; stone.
- Onyx — The deep-black gemstone.
- Phaedra — Bright and radiant.