Meaning of the nameSeverina

Female
Latin origin
Se-ve-ri-na

Severina is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Severino, derived from Severus, the Latin word for 'severe'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Severino, from Latin Severinus, derived from Severus, 'severe'”

Source: Behind the Name: Severus

People (2022): 79,193
Rank in Brazil: #390
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 106,391; people

Severina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Severina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (22,075 people).

78,712 women 481 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Severina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Severina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Paraíba 0.392%
Pernambuco 0.379%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.125%
Alagoas 0.079%
Rio de Janeiro 0.041%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pernambuco	34,360	0.379%
Paraíba	15,584	0.392%
São Paulo	9,969	0.022%
Rio de Janeiro	6,579	0.041%
Rio Grande do Norte	4,115	0.125%
Alagoas	2,464	0.079%
Bahia	759	0.005%
Ceará	735	0.008%
Paraná	536	0.005%
Goiás	513	0.007%
Minas Gerais	498	0.002%
Maranhão	439	0.007%
Distrito Federal	377	0.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul	362	0.013%
Pará	307	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	300	0.003%
Mato Grosso	269	0.007%
Santa Catarina	227	0.003%
Sergipe	157	0.007%
Piauí	142	0.004%
Amazonas	125	0.003%
Rondônia	113	0.007%
Espírito Santo	104	0.003%
Tocantins	69	0.005%
Roraima	39	0.006%
Acre	37	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Severina

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado (1981): Severina is the feminine of Severino, or perhaps comes directly from the French Séverine; for Severino, the same author gives the Latin Severinu, derived from Severo. Behind the Name describes Severina as the feminine of Severinus, a Roman cognomen derived from Severus, which in Latin means 'severe, austere'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 79,193 people named Severina, most of them born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Severina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Severino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Severina · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Severinus · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Severus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Severina

What does the name Severina mean?

Severina means “feminine form of Severino, from Latin Severinus, derived from Severus, 'severe'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Severina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 79,193 people with the first name Severina, which ranks it number 390 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Severina a boy's or a girl's name?

Severina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 78,712 women and 481 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Severina?

Severina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Severina most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.392% of the state's population is named Severina (15,584 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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