Pelleas

PAIL-lay-ahs

Literary name

Pelleas Origin and Meaning

The name Pelleas is a boy's name .

An old name wrapped in myth and legend, Pelleas is most familiar as the male lead in Debussy's opera Pelleas et Melisande, based on a play by the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck. Pelleas, sometimes spelled Pellias or some other way, is also the name of one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

Pelleas in Pop Culture

• Pelleas main character in "Pelléas and Mélisande," a Symbolist play by Maurice Maeterlinck
• Pelleas or Pellias one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table