Given name & surname
Sergio
“an attendant; a servant”
Sergio is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “an attendant; a servant.”
Original LatinSergius
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “an attendant; a servant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Possibly from Spanish Sergio, from Latin Sergius.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sergio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82,233
- 81,878 boys · 355 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 2,261 babies
- 2025
- 714
- #441 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 714 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 441 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,245 in 1995. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (168). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 133,220 as a first name in 2020; 860 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.
Sergio’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Sergio has a diminutive in Serge. In Italian usage, Sergio has a feminine form in SERGIA. Sergio has a related form in Sergey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sergio has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Sergio comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 22
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Serhiiequivalent
- Сергійequivalent
- Siarhiejequivalent
- Sesuequivalent
- Sergiafeminine form · Italian
- SergejGerman
- Szergejequivalent
- Сергейequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sergio
- Sergio Mattarellapresident of Italy (2015–present)born 1941
- Sergio AgüeroArgentine association football playerborn 1988
- Sergio RamosSpanish association football player (born 1986)
- Sergio LeoneItalian filmmaker (1929–1989)
- Sergio BusquetsSpanish association football player (born 1988)
- Sergio RomeroArgentine association football playerborn 1987
- Sergio PérezMexican racing driver (1990-)
- Sergio CanalesSpanish footballerborn 1991
- Sérgio ConceiçãoPortuguese association football player and coachborn 1974
Characters named Sergio: Professor (Money Heist).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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