Given name
Severine
“one who is stern”
Severine is a variant of Severa. In Italian use, Severa carries the interpretation “one who is stern.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Severine is a variant of Severa. In Italian use, Severa carries the interpretation “one who is stern.”
Explained through its name family
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
Severine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 0 boys · 54 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 9 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 girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 341 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.
Severine’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Severine has a short form in RINE. Severine has a related form in Severa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Severine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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