Given name & surname
Serge
“an attendant; a servant”
Serge is a variant of Sergio. One Latin interpretation is “an attendant; a servant.”
Original LatinSergius
Meaning & origin
What it means
Serge is a variant of Sergio. One Latin interpretation is “an attendant; a servant.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In French use, Serge is used as a form of Sergei.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Serge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,628
- 1,628 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,794 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,794 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,986 as a first name in 2020; 410 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.
Serge’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Serge is a diminutive of Sergio. In English usage, Serge shares an earlier linguistic root with Sergius. Serge is a form of Sergei.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Serge has relatives in 16 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Serge comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Serge
- Serzh SargsyanArmenian politician, 3rd President of Armeniaborn 1954
- Serge GainsbourgFrench singer, songwriter, composer, writer, actor and director (1928–1991)
- Serge HarocheFrench physicist, Nobel laureateborn 1944
- Serge GnabryGerman association football playerborn 1995
- Serge AurierIvorian association football playerborn 1992
- Serge IbakaCongolese-Spanish basketball playerborn 1989
- Serge DassaultFrench businessman and politician (1925–2018)
- Serge LifarUkrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
- Serge ReggianiFrench singer and actor (1922–2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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