Given name & surname
Serafim
“the burning ones; heavenly winged angels”
Serafim is a variant of Seraphim. One Hebrew interpretation is “the burning ones; heavenly winged angels.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Serafim is a variant of Seraphim. One Hebrew interpretation is “the burning ones; heavenly winged angels.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Serafim is a variant of Seraphim. An origin associated with Seraphim is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Serafim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 5 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 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 294 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Serafim’s family of names
Serafim has a related form in Seraphim. In Ukrainian usage, Serafim is a transliteration of Серафим. In Greek usage, Serafim is a transliteration of Σεραφήμ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Serafim
- Serafim TodorovBulgarian boxerborn 1969
- Serafim Fernandes de AraújoCatholic cardinal (1924–2019)
- Serafim UrecheanMoldovan politicianborn 1950
- Serafim Shyngo-Ya-HomboAngolan Catholic priest (1945–2026)
- Seraphim of AthensGreek archbishop (1913-1998)
- Serafim VechkanovErzyan writer, poet1914–1965
- Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e SilvaPortuguese Roman Catholic bishopborn 1930
- Seraphim RorisGreek cleric, metropolitan of Karystos and Skyrosborn 1929
- Serafim JoantăRomanian archbishopborn 1948
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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