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Around the world, Sévère (Sever , Sévère ) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The forename Sévère is characteristic of Romania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly male, but very seldom female name, and Turkey, where it is quite a rare unisex name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Romania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More frequently, Sévère is the last name as well as the forename.
Sévère is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Sévère (Severus) , the operatic character in the opera Polyeucte by Charles Gounod; a Roman Knight, favourite of the Emperor Decius and Sévère , the operatic character in the opera Les martyrs by Gaetano Donizetti.