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Worldwide, Pelagia (Pelagia , Пелагия , Πελαγία ) is a common feminine given name. The first name Pelagia 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). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Greece, Philippines, and Tanzania. Likewise, Pelagia is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Pelagia | Greece, Philippines, Peru, Tanzania, Poland |
Пелагия | Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
Πελαγία | Greece |
Pelagia 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".