Given name & surname
Seraph
“the burning ones; heavenly winged angels”
Seraph is a variant of Seraphim. One Hebrew interpretation is “the burning ones; heavenly winged angels.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Seraph is a variant of Seraphim. One Hebrew interpretation is “the burning ones; heavenly winged angels.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Seraph 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 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seraph through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 37 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. 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.
Seraph’s family of names
Seraph has a related form in Seraphim.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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