Given name & surname
Seren
“from the starlight”
Seren is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “from the starlight.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “from the starlight.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,081
- 55 boys · 1,026 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 58
- #3,207 for girls · #9,570 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 50 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,207 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 2016. It also appeared in 8 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 972 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.
Seren’s family of names
Seren has a related form in Serin. Seren has a related form in Seran. Seren has a related form in Seron.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Seren
- Seren Bundy-DaviesBritish sprinterborn 1994
- Seren SerengilTurkish actor and singer (born 1971)
- Seren ŞirinceEgyptian Turkish actressborn 1988
- Seren WatersKenyan cricketerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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