Given name & surname
Serafino
“the burning ones; heavenly winged angels”
Serafino is a variant of Seraphim. One Hebrew interpretation is “the burning ones; heavenly winged angels.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Serafino is a variant of Seraphim. One Hebrew interpretation is “the burning ones; heavenly winged angels.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Serafino 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 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Serafino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 272
- 272 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 15 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020; 664 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.
Serafino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Serafino has a feminine form in Serafina. In Italian usage, Serafino has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Serafin. Serafino is a masculine form of Seraphina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Serafino
- Serafino VannutelliCatholic cardinal (1834–1915)
- Serafino DuboisItalian chess player (1817–1899)
- Serafino Mazzarocchigymnast (1890-1961)
- Serafino CretoniCatholic cardinal (1833-1909)
- Serafino De TivoliItalian painter (1826-1892)
- Serafino dell'AquilaItalian poet and improvisatore (1466-1500)
- Serafino SprovieriItalian Catholic archbishop (1930-2018)
- Serafino Raffaele MinichCroatian-Italian mathematician (1808-1883)
- Serafino Cenciarchbishop (1676-1740)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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