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All around the world, Πελαγία (Pelagia , Πελαγία ) is a common female given name. The first name Πελαγία is characteristic of Greece, where it is a common feminine name, Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Dominica, where it is quite a common male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Greece, Philippines, and Tanzania. Also, Πελαγία is the last name as well as the forename.
Πελαγία is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Pelagia Grigorievna Podtochina , the operatic character in the opera The Nose by Dmitri Shostakovich; a staff-officer's widow and Pelagia , the theatrical character in the play "The Local Factor".