Serge

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Sergio in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 12 more, Сергей in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, BY Belarus and 3 more, Сергеевич in TR Türkiye, KG Kyrgyzstan and Сергій in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Serge is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name89K records spelled Serge38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Canada, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Sergius, Sergé, Sergê, Sérge, Sërgë

• a separate given name4.0K records spelled Serge2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Canada, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Also written Sergé

• Finnish given name1.0K records spelled Serge6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Switzerland, Belgium

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Sergius, Sergé, Sërgïüs

• Turkish given name759 records spelled Serge2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Türkiye, France, Belgium

  Also written Şerğe

• Croatian given name446 records spelled Serge11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Croatia, Canada, Switzerland

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Серге, Sergé

72 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Serge is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, twill, serge

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Étoffe de laine dérivant du sergé. Le mot nous vient du grec après être passé par le latin. En grec, le mot sêr désigne le ver à soie, mot venu de Sêr qui désigne un peuple d’Asie, peut-être les Chinois.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In French, Du latin Sergius, nom romain d’origine obscure; saint Serge fêté le 7 octobre.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin Sergius, nom de famille romain; fêté le 7 octobre (saint Serge).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Latin Sergius, nom de famille romain d’origine incertaine.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 107 years between 1914–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sergius IIIb. 860ITnot in their usual namepope (860-911)
• Serge de Diaghilevb. 1872RURussian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
• Serge Prokofievb. 1891UARussian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor (1891–1953)
• Serge Lifarb. 1904FRUkrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
• Serge Reggianib. 1922ITFrench singer and actor (1922–2004)
• Serge Gainsbourgb. 1928FRFrench singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
• Serge Klarsfeldb. 1935RORomanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter (b. 1935)
• Serge Harocheb. 1944FRFrench physicist, Nobel laureate
• Serzh Sargsyanb. 1954AMnot in their usual nameArmenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
• Serge Gnabryb. 1995DEGerman association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 659 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Serge?

We estimate roughly 1.1 million people bear Serge (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Serge have the most bearers?

Serge is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled сергей.

How common is Serge compared with other names?

In Russia, Serge is the 3rd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Serge a male or female name?

Serge is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Serge mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin Sergius, name of a famous Roman family; linked to Saint Sergius and the Slavic form Sergei.