Pelagia

Girl Names
1

This is a strong possibility for us if we have a girl (due early in the new year).

I know that not everyone will be familiar with it but that’s fine by us. However, would you pronounce the last two syllables to rhyme with ‘[name_f]Malaysia[/name_f]’ or with a shorter ‘a’ sound like you’d find in [name_f]Martha[/name_f]/[name_f]Marsha[/name_f]?

Also, what nick names do you think it leads to?

[name_f]TIA[/name_f] :smiley:

2

I would pronounce it Pel-ah-jee-uh at first glance. I have no clue if that is correct or not.

3

I pronounce it the Greek way, like how the character’s name is pronounced in the film [name_m]Captain[/name_m] Corelli’s [name_f]Mandolin[/name_f] - peh-lah-[name_m]YEE[/name_m]-ah. However, I think most people where I live in the UK would pronounce it puh-[name_m]LAY[/name_m]-jee-uh if they saw it written down.

Either way, I think it’s a nice name with an attractive meaning, and I like the association with [name_m]Captain[/name_m] Corelli’s [name_f]Mandolin[/name_f]. Possible nicknames could be [name_f]Gia[/name_f] or [name_f]Pia[/name_f].

4

This is the name of the beautiful heroine of [name_m]Captain[/name_m] Corelli’s [name_f]Mandolin[/name_f]. A lovely choice. In that movie he pronounces it with the stress on the ‘GI’ syllable. Here is a clip of the beautiful song he dedicates to her. This one is dubbed but you can still hear how he says her name at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5wdNU1-bJA

[name_m]How[/name_m] lovely to be able to one day play your daughter [name_f]Pelagia[/name_f]'s song. :slight_smile:

I agree with Lumen, except to me it has a hard G like ‘Gear’ not ‘yee-ah’ but maybe I’m hearing it with untrained ears. It kind of has the same stress as ‘Mamma [name_f]Mia[/name_f]’! :smiley:

5

@katebaby: Yeah, the letter gamma followed by iota is pronounced like Y in Modern Greek. :slight_smile:

6

I’d probably assume “pell-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-zhee-ah”.

7

Its pronounced peh-lah-[name_m]YEE[/name_m]-ah. Its a very dated name in Greece.

Nicknames for [name_f]Pelagia[/name_f] are
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Gia[/name_f]
[name_m]Iggy[/name_m]
[name_f]Lia[/name_f]

8

I would pronounce it Peh-la-[name_m]GEE[/name_m] as in gear-a, because I’ve seen the movie. And I love it.
If I hadn’t seen it I would probably pronounce it Peh-LA-jee-a.