Meaning of the nameSeverino

Male
Latin origin
Se-ve-ri-no

Severino is a male name of Latin origin, derived from Severus ('austere'); Wiktionary gives it as a learned borrowing from Severinus.

Meaning

“derived from Severo, 'austere'”

Source: Behind the Name: Severus

People (2022): 127,357
Rank in Brazil: #255
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 170,695; people

Severino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Severino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (33,228 people).

415 women 126,942 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 Severino is most common

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

Paraíba 0.681%
Pernambuco 0.520%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.219%
Alagoas 0.130%
Rio de Janeiro 0.065%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pernambuco	47,124	0.520%
Paraíba	27,073	0.681%
São Paulo	16,886	0.038%
Rio de Janeiro	10,438	0.065%
Rio Grande do Norte	7,242	0.219%
Alagoas	4,051	0.130%
Bahia	1,642	0.012%
Minas Gerais	1,431	0.007%
Goiás	1,301	0.018%
Ceará	1,289	0.015%
Paraná	1,279	0.011%
Rio Grande do Sul	893	0.008%
Pará	842	0.010%
Santa Catarina	830	0.011%
Distrito Federal	755	0.027%
Maranhão	737	0.011%
Mato Grosso	694	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	675	0.025%
Piauí	387	0.012%
Amazonas	382	0.010%
Espírito Santo	367	0.010%
Sergipe	266	0.012%
Rondônia	262	0.017%
Tocantins	227	0.015%
Acre	132	0.016%
Roraima	94	0.015%
Amapá	58	0.008%

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

About the name Severino

Wiktionary records Severino as a learned borrowing from Latin Severinus, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), gives it as derived from Severo. Behind the Name describes Severinus as a Roman cognomen derived from Severus, which in Latin means 'austere'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 127,357 people named Severino, almost always men, with a median age of 60. The name has the most records among people born in the 1950s and 1960s and, proportionally, is most common in Paraíba.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Severino

What does the name Severino mean?

Severino means “derived from Severo, 'austere'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Severino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 127,357 people with the first name Severino, which ranks it number 255 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Severino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 415 women and 126,942 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Severino?

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

In which Brazilian state is Severino most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.681% of the state's population is named Severino (27,073 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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