Given name & surname
Séraphin
“angel in human form”
Séraphin is a given name from Hebrew. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Séraphin goes back to Hebrew שׂרף, meaning “angel in human form.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Séraphin’s family of names
In French usage, Séraphin has a feminine form in Séraphine.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Séraphin
- Séraphin CouvreurFrench Jesuit missionary and sinologist (1835–1919)
- Séraphin Olivier-RazaliFrench cardinal1538–1609
- J.-H. Rosny jeuneBelgian writer (1859–1948)
- Serafim SudbininRussian sculptor and ceramist (1867-1944)
- Séraphin de Moscou1763–1843
- Séraphin François RouambaBurkinabé archbishopborn 1942
- Séraphin MoundoungaGabonese politicianborn 1964
- Séraphin-Médéric MieusementFrench photographer (1840-1905)
- Seraphim of Antioch1750–1823
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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