Pelagia
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning of the sea; from pelagios.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Pelagia by the numbers
Pelagia was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pelagia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pelia3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Pelagia, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Pelagia
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