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Сергей
“an attendant; a servant”
Сергей (Sergéj) is a masculine given name, possibly from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Russian.
Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Serge.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Сергей is Sergei written in Cyrillic. Sergei is a variant of Sergio. One Latin interpretation is “an attendant; a servant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Сергей possibly comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Ancient Greek Σέργιος, from Latin Sergius.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Сергей’s family of names
In Russian usage, Сергей has a diminutive in Серёжа. In Russian usage, Сергей has a later derivative in Sirkiä. In Russian usage, Сергей has a conventional equivalent in the French form Serge.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Сергей has relatives in 27 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Сергей comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 29
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- SergiusLatin
- Sergioequivalent
- Sergeyequivalent
- SergeFrench, English
- Sergiequivalent
- Sérgioequivalent
- Sergejsequivalent
- Serhiyequivalent
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- Serhiiequivalent
- Сергійequivalent
- Siarhiejequivalent
- 세르게이Korean
- SergiuszPolish
- SergueïFrench
- Sergheiborrowing · Romanian, English
- Särkinenderivative · Finnish
- Sirkiäderivative · Finnish
- Срђанequivalent
- Sergiuequivalent
- Sergiosequivalent
- Srđanequivalent
- Серге́йhas masculine form
- セルゲイJapanese
- SergejusLithuanian
- SerguéiSpanish
- סרגייHebrew
- სერგეიGeorgian
- SzergejHungarian
- СяргейBelarusian
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Серыйalso known as · Russian
- Сергийalso known as · Russian
- Серхиоalso known as · Russian
- Сержalso known as · Russian
- Сержикalso known as · Russian
- Сергуняalso known as · Russian
- Сергейкаalso known as · Russian
- Серёгаalso known as · Russian
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People named Сергей
- Sergei EisensteinSoviet filmmaker (1898–1948)
- Sergei YeseninRussian poet (1895–1925)
- Sergey LavrovRussian politician of Armenian origin, Minister of Foreign Affairsborn 1950
- Sergey BrinAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1973)
- Sergei RachmaninoffRussian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
- Sergei ShoiguSecretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation since 2024 and former Russian defense ministerborn 1955
- Sergei KorolevSoviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer (1907-1966)
- Sergei KirovSoviet politician and Bolshevik revolutionary (1886–1934)
- Sergey KarjakinRussian chess playerborn 1990
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