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Girl · Greek, through French
Pélagie
Say it: pay-lah-ZHEE
Meaning
French form of Greek Pelagia, from pelagos 'the open sea'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A notable Acadian name in the era of the 1755 deportation and the resettlement in Louisiana.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Latin | Pelagia |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Pelagia |
Famous bearers
- Pélagie, heroine of Antonine Maillet's novel Pélagie-la-Charrette
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.