Pelagia (first name)

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Pelagia is a given name.

Origin and meaning

Pelagia is a feminine variant of the name Pelagius used mainly in Greek .

Well-known namesake

  • Pelagia Scheffczyk (1915–1943), Polish invoice clerk, employee in the Polish intelligence service and a victim of the Nazi war justice system
  • Pelagia Majewska , Polish glider pilot

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Pelagia. Retrieved April 9, 2019 .