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English
Etymology
A saint's name, from Latin Sergius. Doublet of Sergey.
Proper noun
Sergius
- A male given name from Latin.
Usage notes
The English name is mainly historical, but many of the foreign cognates are popular given names.
Translations
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Originally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning.
Probably of Etruscan origin, meaning "servant."
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sergius m sg (genitive Sergiī or Sergī); second declension
- a male given name
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “Sergius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sergius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Sergio; in: Roberto Faure, Diccionario de nombres propios, 2007, →ISBN
- ^ Hayes, Justin Cord (2013): The Terrible Meanings of Names: Or Why You Shouldn't Poke Your Giselle with a Barry, p. 139