Severinus

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Severino in BR Brazil, PH Philippines, AR Argentina and 15 more.

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 20 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◐

Severinus is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name11 records spelled Severinus2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands

  Also written Seweryn

29 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●

Severinus is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, < lat. N. Seve- rus. Mehrere Hl. 1. Bi- schof von Köln (N. meist ndrh.). 2. Apostel Nori- kums, Patron von Bayern und österr. 3. Humani- sierung von Sievers, Sei- fert, Seivert u. dgl., s. Siegfried u. S.120. - Seve- r i n , ing, ins, adn; Sevrin; Sefirien; Seff | rm(g), er(i)n; Safrein, Zeverain, Seberin(g), Sif(f)rin, Ze- p(h)rin, Ziehfreund;

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Latin, a male given name borne by several early Christian saints

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

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.

Notable people with this name●

• Severinus of Noricumb. 410ATItalian Roman Catholic saint
• Hendrik Severinus Pelb. 1818NLDutch zoologist and colonial administrator (1818-1876)
• Jacob Martain Severinus Heuckerothb. 1853NLDutch musician and conductor (1853-1936)
• Severinus Desiré Emanuelsb. 1910NLSurinamese politician and diplomat (1910-1981)
• SeverinusIT7th-century pope

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 · 11 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Severinus?

We estimate roughly 131 thousand people bear Severinus (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Severinus have the most bearers?

We estimate about 127 thousand people bear Severinus in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled severino.

How common is Severinus compared with other names?

In Brazil, Severinus is the 190th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Severinus a male or female name?

Severinus 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 Severinus mean?

Recorded meaning: from Lat. Severinus, linked to Severus; saint's name