Names That Mean Serious

Severin is an ancient Roman family name borne by several early saints. It's still alive throughout Europe, and could be ready for import here. Severin Winter is a wrestling prodigy character in John Irving's The 158-Pound Marriage and, in its original Latin form, Severus Snape appears in Harry Potter.

Not only stern and serious, but a little too severe.

Makes Severin and Severus a little less, well, severe.

Simple and serious Arabic name which debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2016.