Severin
About Severin
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.
As of October 2026, Severin ranked #6089 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1562 in 1908.
Editor's take: The name Severin is a boy's name of German, French origin meaning "stern, serious".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,761 | 28 | 14.6 |
| 2015 | #4,058 | 26 | 13.6 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Severin on lists
Famous Severins
- Saint Severin of Cologne
4th century bishop; patron against bad luck and drought
- Severin Løvenskiold
former Prime Minister of Norway
- Severin Kiefer
Austrian figure skater
- Severin Freund
German ski jumper
- Severin Blindenbacher
Swiss ice hockey player
- Severin von Eckardstein
German pianist
- Severin Roesen
German,American painter
- Severin Browne
American singer,songwriter; brother of singer Jackson Browne
- Severyn Nalyvaiko
Ukrainian Cossack folk hero
Severin in pop culture
- Severin von Kusiemski
main character in novel and song "Venus in Furs," by Leopold von Sacher,Masoch and The Velvet Underground
- Severin Winter
wrestling prodigy in "The 158,Pound Marriage" by John Irving
- "Severin's Journey into the Dark
" novel by Paul Leppin
- Severin von Phoenix
character in manga and anime "Princess Resurrection"
- Dr. Severin
character in Star Trek episode "The Way To Eden"
- Severin
The Horned Boy, character in Holly Black's "The Darkest Part of the Forest"
- Severin Unck
character in"Radiance" by Catherynne M. Valente
- Severin
character in film "Shortbus"
Variations & nicknames
- SewerynPolish
- SeveriFinnish
- SorenDanish
- SzörényHungarian
- SeverinoItalian
- SeverinGerman
- SévèreFrench
- SeverenEnglish