What's in a name? Pelagia

From Agia Pelagia (Greek: Αγία Πελαγία, "Saint Pelagia") 

Also, Pelagia means "of the sea"; it comes from the Greek word “pelagos”, which means the “open sea”. It was, therefore, an appropriate name for women born on the Greek islands.

Agia Pelagia was from the Greek island of Tinos, which we finally visited in 2022

 

We pronounce Pelagia with a soft  <g> (i.e., /dʒ/), as in "Pe-la-gee-a"  

(In Greek,  pronunciation is Pe-la-yeé-a)

According  to http://www.greek-names.info/pelagia/:   

Pelagia is a wise and strong woman, ready to deal with the misfortunes of life. She is a capable and very intelligent woman, dependable but sort of introverted.

We agree!