Serge
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Latin Sergius, name of a famous Roman family; linked to Saint Sergius and the Slavic form Sergei
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/sɛʁʒ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Serge is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Cameroon it is the 8th most common given name.
- CMCameroon≈1 in 432(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 747
- BEBelgium≈1 in 771
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 394 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 432 (inferred from the name graph)
≈91,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cameroon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin Sergius, name of a famous Roman family; linked to Saint Sergius and the Slavic form Sergei.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Serge counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #127 | ≈91,000 est. | ≈1 in 747 | 219K | Serge | 394 |
| CM Cameroon | #8 | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 432 | — | Serge | 62 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #47 | ≈61,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | — | Serge | 44 |
| BE Belgium | #80 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 771 | — | Serge | 167 |
| CA Canada | #414 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | 7 | Serge | 222 |
| US United States | — | 4,986 | 1 in 67K | 5K | Serge | 352 |
| CH Switzerland | #232 | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Serge | 109 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the ca-statcan-baby-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Serge 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 French, twill, serge
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Étoffe de laine dérivant du sergé. Le mot nous vient du grec après être passé par le latin. En grec, le mot sêr désigne le ver à soie, mot venu de Sêr qui désigne un peuple d’Asie, peut-être les Chinois.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
In French, Du latin Sergius, nom romain d’origine obscure; saint Serge fêté le 7 octobre.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin Sergius, nom de famille romain; fêté le 7 octobre (saint Serge).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Latin Sergius, nom de famille romain d’origine incertaine.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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(measured from records)
- Sergius IIIb. 860ITnot in their usual namepope (860-911)
- Serge de Diaghilevb. 1872RURussian art critic and impresario (1872–1929)
- Serge Prokofievb. 1891UARussian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor (1891–1953)
- Serge Lifarb. 1904FRUkrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
- Serge Reggianib. 1922ITFrench singer and actor (1922–2004)
- Serge Gainsbourgb. 1928FRFrench singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
- Serge Klarsfeldb. 1935RORomanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter (b. 1935)
- Serge Harocheb. 1944FRFrench physicist, Nobel laureate
- Serzh Sargsyanb. 1954AMnot in their usual nameArmenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
- Serge Gnabryb. 1995DEGerman association football player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 79 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 219K | #3,000 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5K | #3,919 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 1956 | 70 | #917 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 20 | #3,919 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2020 | 7 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Serge mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin Sergius, name of a famous Roman family; linked to Saint Sergius and the Slavic form Sergei. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Serge a male or female name?
- Serge 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.
- How do you pronounce Serge?
- A machine transcription gives /sɛʁʒ/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Serge?
- In the etymology graph, Sergio, Serhii and Sergey are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Serge have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 91 thousand people named Serge in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled serge.
- How common is the name Serge?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,986 people named Serge in 2020, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
- How common is Serge compared with other names?
- In France, Serge is the 127th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Serge?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sergeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Serge” — the 127th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.