Severinus

Latin

Etymology

Derivative of the Roman gens name Sevērus, from Latin sevērus (“serious, grave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /se.u̯eːˈriː.nus/, [s̠eu̯eːˈriːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.veˈri.nus/, [seveˈriːnus]

Proper noun

Sevērīnus m sg (genitive Sevērīnī); second declension

1. a male given name borne by several early Christian saints

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sevērīnus
genitive	Sevērīnī
dative	Sevērīnō
accusative	Sevērīnum
ablative	Sevērīnō
vocative	Sevērīne

Descendants

Male given name

• → Danish: Søren
• → Finnish: Severi
• French: Séverin, Séverine
• → German: Severin
• → Greenlandic: Suulut
• Italian: Severino, Severina
• → Polish: Seweryn
• Portuguese: Severino, Severina
• → Norwegian: Søren
• → Serbo-Croatian: Severin, Severina
• Spanish: Severino, Severina
• → Swedish: Sören
• → Vietnamese: Sêvêrinô