name
Pelageya
peh-lah-GEY-ah
pɛlɑˈɡeɪɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Pelageya
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Komi (Russia)
- Meaning
- a feminine name used among Komi communities in the Komi Republic, derived from the Greek Pelagia meaning of the sea; adopted through Russian Orthodoxy, the name entered Komi culture during the medieval Christianisation of Uralic peoples and has been carried across generations as part of the syncretism between Orthodox Christian tradition and indigenous Komi spiritual life; Pelageya-named women are associated with warmth, endurance, and the river-centred culture of the Komi homeland
- Gender
- female
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