Given name & surname
Serafina
“a seraph; a heavenly winged angel”
Serafina is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a seraph; a heavenly winged angel.”
Original LatinSeraphina
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a seraph; a heavenly winged angel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Serafina is a feminine form of Serafino.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Serafina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,712
- 0 boys · 3,712 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 245 babies
- 2025
- 245
- #1,024 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +38%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 245 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,024 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (48). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,073 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Serafina’s family of names
In Italian usage, Serafina is a feminine form of Serafino. Serafina has a related form in Sera. Serafina has a related form in Seraphina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Serafina has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Serafina comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sarafinaequivalent
- Afinaequivalent
- Serafimaequivalent
- Serafinomasculine form · Italian
- ΣεραφίναGreek
- Serafiaequivalent
- СерафимаRussian
- SéraphineFrench
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People named Serafina
- Serafina DávalosParaguayan lawyer and feminist1877–1957
- Serafina of GodCarmelite nun and mystic1621–1699
- Serafina CuomoItalian historianborn 1966
- Serafina AstafievaRussian ballet dancer (1876–1934)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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