Pelagia
Meaning
of the open sea (Greek pelagos); an early martyr's name kept alive in Poland
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Pelagia has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
68 people · the #53,986 first name in Brazil · median age 72
Among people named Pelagia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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