Sergio

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Сергей in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, BY Belarus and 3 more, Serge in FR France, CA Canada, 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 22 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◐

Sergio is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name267K records spelled Sergio16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Sérgio, Sergío, Sèrgio, Śérgiò, Sërgîö

• a separate given name86K records spelled Sergio6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Italy

  Also written Sérgio, Sergió, Sërgio, Sergiò, Sergío

• Lao given name13K records spelled Sergio27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Chile

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written เซอร์จิโอ, Serjio, เซอร์จิโอ้, เซอร์จีโอ, Sergiö

• Vietnamese given name8.1K records spelled Sergio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Vietnam

  Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

  Also written Sérgio

• Romanian given name2.9K records spelled Sergio3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Moldova

  Also written Sérgio, Sërgïo

• Turkish given name2.7K records spelled Sergio5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Italy, Switzerland

  Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

  Also written Sérgio

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●

Sergio 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 Spanish, lat. Sergius, nombre romano de origen etrusco.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Nome di gens romana, di etimologia ignota; diffuso anche per il culto di S. Sergio.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Nome di una gente romana, ma di etimologia ignota. Frequentissimo in Russia (2.5 settenibre), ma raro in Italia, dove, piii del Santo russo (secolo XIII), è venerato S. Sergio papa ( 9 settenibre). Cogn. Sergi.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Swedish, Sergio är en italiensk, portugisisk och spansk form av det romerska släktnamnet Sergius. Den helige Sergius var en martyr i Syrien på 300-talet. En fransk form är Serge.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, forma ital. de Sergius

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sergio Osmeñab. 1878PH(1878-1961) President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946
• Fernando Belaúndeb. 1912PEnot in their usual namePresident of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 (1912-2002)
• Sergio Leoneb. 1929ITItalian filmmaker (1929–1989)
• Sergio Fantonib. 1930ITItalian actor (1930-2020)
• Sergio Mattarellab. 1941ITpresident of Italy (2015–present)
• David Trezeguetb. 1977FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1977)
• Sergio Ramosb. 1986ESSpanish association football player (born 1986)
• Sergio Romerob. 1987ARArgentine association football player
• Sergio Agüerob. 1988ARArgentine association football player
• Sergio Busquetsb. 1988ESSpanish association football player (born 1988)

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 · 1,081 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sergio?

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

In which country does Sergio have the most bearers?

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

How common is Sergio compared with other names?

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

Is Sergio a male or female name?

Sergio 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 Sergio mean?

Recorded meaning: tain, possibly Etruscan, origin), borne by a 4th-cent.