Given name
Sef
“son of yesterday”
Sef is used as a given name. One Egyptian interpretation is “son of yesterday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Egyptian interpretation is “son of yesterday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sef through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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