Severinus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Lat. Severinus, linked to Severus; saint's name
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 8 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/səvərinus/(machine-generated) Indonesian · model-generated
Severinus is a male given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Malaysia.
- MYMalaysia
- IDIndonesia
- NLNetherlands
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from Lat. Severinus, linked to Severus; saint's name
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
- MYMalaysia
- IDIndonesia
- DEGermany
- KEKenya
- NLNetherlands
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)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 nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Latin, a male given name borne by several early Christian saints
as a wordkaikki.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
(measured from records)- 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).
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)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 487 | #1,669 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 165 | #6,077 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 11 | #21,186 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #31,755 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2 | #42,557 |
| NA Namibia | ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates | 2025 | 1 | #28 |
| VA Vatican City | Holy See — List of Roman Pontiffs (papal regnal + secular names) | — | 1 | #70 |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | WGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Severinus mean, and where does it come from?
- from Lat. Severinus, linked to Severus; saint's name Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Severinus?
- In the etymology graph, Severino, Søren and Rino are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Severinus?
- It depends on the language: in Indonesian /səvərinus/; in Malay /səvərinus/; in Dutch /zəvəriː.nʉs/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Severinus a male or female name?
- Severinus is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- In which country does Severinus have the most bearers?
- Severinus is most frequently recorded in Malaysia.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/severinusThe 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, “Severinus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.