Pelagia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Pelagia

What is the meaning of the name Pelagia ?

The baby name Pelagia is a Female name , 34 syllables long and is pronounced English: /pəˈleɪdʒə/ (puh-LAY-juh); Greek: /peˈla.ʝa/ (peh-LAH-ya).

Pelagia is Greek in Origin.

Pelagia is the feminine form of the ancient Greek Pelagios, ultimately from pélagos, “open sea,” giving the meaning “of the sea” or “sea-born.” Via the Latin Pelagia and widespread Byzantine usage, the name moved into early Christian naming traditions and circulated in port cities and monastic communities around the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Several early saints fixed it in calendars, notably Pelagia of Antioch, the repentant ascetic venerated on October 8 in the Eastern churches, and Pelagia of Tarsus, a virgin martyr. As a result, Pelagia remained familiar in the Orthodox world and later in Catholic Poland, though it grew rare in Western Europe. Variants include Greek Pelagía (Πελαγία), scholarly Pelageia, Russian Pelageya (Пелагея), Ukrainian Pelahiia (Пелагія), Polish Pelagia, and South Slavic Pelagija; Spanish and Italian Pelagia are occasional. The masculine counterpart is Pelagius/Italian-Spanish Pelagio.