Pelagia
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About Pelagia
The name of several early saints, including one, Pelagia the Penitent, a beautiful and licentious dancing girl who repented, then, disguised as a man, spent the rest of her life living alone in a cave on the Mount of Olives. Because of her early vocation, she is the patron saint of actresses.
Pronounced puh-LAY-juh.
As of October 2026, Pelagia ranked #17387 in US births in 2019 SSA, peaked at #1078 in 1886.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
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| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Pelagia on lists
Famous Pelagias
- Saint Pelagia of Tarsus
3rd century Christian saint
- Saint Pelagia of Antioch
5th century Christian saint
- Pelagia Teresa Majewska
Polish pilot and gliding instructor
- Pelageya Sergeyevna Khanova
Russian singer
- Pelageya "Polina" Karpakova
Russian prima ballerina
- Pelageya Feodorova Shajn
Russian astronomer
- Pelageya Aleksandrovna Danilova
Russian gymanst
- Pelagie Doane
American illustrator
- Pélagie Gbaguidi
Beninese artist
- Renée
Pélagie de Montreuil, wife of the Marquis de Sade
- Pelagea
YouTuber living in Germany who makes ASMR videos
Pelagia in pop culture
- Pelagia
main character in Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Pelagia
character in Hypatia (1853) by Charles Kingsley
- Sister Pelagia
crime,solving Russian Orthodox nun in a mystery trilogy by Boris Akunin
- Feminine form of Pelagios & Greek equivalent of the Latin name Marina; diminutives include Pela
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