Around the world, Severus (Sever 
, Severus 
, Север 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The forename Severus is habitual in Romania, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Namibia, and Israel, where it is quite a rare primarily male, but very infrequently feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Turkey, Romania, and Israel. More frequently, Severus is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Sever | Turkey, Romania, Croatia, United States, Slovenia |
| Severus | Turkey, Germany, Romania, United States, France |
| Север | Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Bulgaria, Ukraine |
| سيفيروس | Libya |
Severus is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Severus Snape , the fictional character in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Albus Severus Potter , the fictional character in the Harry Potter universe.
| caecius severus (b. 100) |
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| q.varius severus ancient Rome politician, ES (b. 124) |
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| decimus rupilius severus suffect consul 155 AD (b. 150) |
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marcus aurelius severus alexandrus Roman Emperor (208-235), LB (b. 208) |
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| caedicius severus (b. 150) |
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| cingius severus (b. 200) |
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| albius severus (b. 200) |
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| severus sanctus endelechius ancient Roman writer (b. 400) |
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| severus of trier Bishop of Trier (5th c.) (b. 400) |
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| messius phoebus severus Roman consul in 470 (b. 450) |
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| severus ii bar masqeh Patriarch of Antioch (b. 601) |
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severus Bishop of Prague, CZ (b. 1000) |
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| melchior severus (b. 1528) |
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| severus christoph olpius German moral philosopher and Lutheran theologian, DE (b. 1623) |
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| severus gastorius German cantor, composer, DE (b. 1647) |
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