Message: "Pélagie" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Pélagie

by Acajou

5/4/2014, 4:42 AM

This was the name of one of my great-grandmothers. She was my dad's paternal grandmother, and she died when I was 10. (She lived to the ripe old age of 104.) I always thought she had a very cool name - it's a very unusual name here in France, also really old-fashioned, but I like it. According to my grandfather, she was named after a relative. (The relative got it from Saint Pelagia.)

I also like the Greek and Polish form Pelagia and the Russian form Pelageya.

(The most famous bearer of the name is probably the Marquis de Sade's wife, Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil. I only found out her name last month. There's also a novel by a French-Canadian writer called Pélagie: The Return to Acadie, about a woman named Pélagie who tries to return to Acadia from New Orleans after the French and Indian War.)

#Pélagie

This message was edited 5/4/2014, 4:46 AM

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- CN

5/5/2014, 2:51 AM

It's pretty. I like it. Many names starting with P are kind of harsh-sounding (including Pelagia), but Pélagie has a pleasant softness to its sound.

- Pie

5/4/2014, 11:29 AM

It's pretty and I like the sea connection. I'd use it if it were in my family tree.

This message was edited 5/4/2014, 11:29 AM

- Ora (hufflepuffer) (Ora)

5/4/2014, 10:40 AM

I think of all the forms of Pelagius, Pélagie is definitely the prettiest and, imo, the most usable. I don't actually much like the other forms of Pelagia, but I do kinda like Pélagie... maybe cause it's softer? I dunno. It's cute though. I like a lot of French names tbh, they just tend to sound more pleasant to my ears and look prettier.

- Wordsmith

5/4/2014, 9:47 AM

I love it! Pelagia is the form of the name with which I'm familiar, and I love it as well.

- Tassiegirl

5/4/2014, 7:35 AM

Yes! "Pelagie-la- Charette"!Well known in my area,(I live in a French-speaking part of Canada.)

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