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Severina
Say it: sev-eh-REE-nuh
Meaning
Feminine of Severinus, from Severus 'stern, serious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A late Roman name; the French form Séverine had a period of popularity in the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 99 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1912, about 1 in 93,000 girls
- 5 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Severina |
|---|---|
| French | Séverine |
| Polish | Seweryna |
Famous bearers
- Ulpia Severina, Roman empress
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Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.