Pelia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Pelia by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Pelia.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Pelia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pelia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pellastone; from the ancient macedonian city3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Pelinfairy or sprite4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peliah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Perlapearl; spanish and italian form of Pearl343 in the US (2017)
- Petrastone, rock165 in the US (2017)
- Polinasmall and humble; a form of Paulina15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Pelia
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