Loading your next page…
A name. A world of connections.
“marine, maritime”
/peˈla.d͡ʒo/ · Italian
01 / Meaning & origin
Pelagio is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Italian and Esperanto. English Wiktionary traces it to Ancient Greek Πελάγιος via Latin. It is a form of Πελάγιος, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “marine, maritime”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Pelágio (Portuguese)
Meaning: “marine, maritime”
From Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek Πελάγιος (Pelágios).
02 / Across borders
Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.
The name atlas
5
countries in our sources
Select a country to follow Pelagio’s connections around the world.
1 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
Selected country
Statistics + language records
Spain, 2025: 34 male (rank 19606). Documented as a given name in Spanish.
Explore Spain4 of 5 countries
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
2025 Spelling: PELAGIO
Recorded category male
Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística · Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 19,606 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “PELAGIO” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-04-23 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Pelagio— “of the sea”
Pelagio, _m._ _Rom._ Gr. of the sea, 203
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Leonese cardinal and canon lawyer (c.1165–1230)
Catholic bishop (1816-1891)
A little story to keep
Take the story of Pelagio with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.
06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
