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Severyn

Quick answerThe given name 'Severyn' means "stern" or "serious," derived from the Latin root *severus* (meaning "grave" or "strict").

Latin · Boy · 3 syllables

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Popularity & facts

Relative popularity index, 2010–2025
GenderBoy
US Rank#13,868
TrendFalling ↓
Peak year2011
Syllables3
OriginLatin
LanguagePolish, Ukrainian
CultureSlavic
ReligionChristianity
Letters7
Numerology9 Chaldean 9
Global rank#560

Popularity over time

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Historical popularity from 1880–2025 · US Social Security Administration data

About the name Severyn

The given name 'Severyn' means "stern" or "serious," derived from the Latin root *severus* (meaning "grave" or "strict").

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Etymology

The given name 'Severyn' means "stern" or "serious," derived from the Latin root *severus* (meaning "grave" or "strict"). It is primarily used in Polish, Ukrainian, and other Slavic cultures, often as a form of the Latin name Severinus, and is associated with Christianity, notably through Saint Severinus of Noricum, a 5th-century missionary and patron saint of Austria.

Severyn currently ranks #13,868 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2011.

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