Sergius (name)

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Sergius
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameLatin, possibly from Etruscan
MeaningUnknown, originally "member of the Latin Gens Sergia". "Servant (of the law)" or "Protector", in connection with the Latin praenomen Servius, has been proposed.[1]
Region of originItaly, Europe

Sergius /ˈsɜːrdʒiəs/ is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin gens Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honour of Saint Sergius, or in Kyivan Rus', of Sergius of the Holy Caves, one of saint Fathers of Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and has been the name of four popes. It has given rise to numerous variants, present today mainly in the Romance (Serge, Sergio, Sergi) and Slavic languages (Serhii,[2] Sergey, Serguei, Srđan). It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sergeant is possibly related to it.

Etymology[edit]

The name originates from the Roman nomen (patrician family name) Sergius, after the name of the Roman gens of Latin origins Sergia or Sergii from Alba Longa, Old Latium, counted by Theodor Mommsen as one of the oldest Roman families, one of the original 100 gentes originaria.[3] It has been speculated to derive from a more ancient Etruscan name but the etymology of the nomen Sergius is problematic. Chase hesitantly suggests a connection with the praenomen Servius, probably from an old Latin root meaning "to preserve" or "keep safe".[4]

It became a personal name in Roman imperial times and spread to the Byzantine Empire in the Greek form Sergios (Σέργιος). It became popular in Christianity in honour of the fourth-century martyr and saint Sergius, especially among Roman ecclesiastics of Syrian extraction, starting in the seventh century.[5]

Sergei was the second most popular name in Russia in the 1980s. In the Middle Ages in Western Europe, it fell into disuse. It became widespread again in the 1800s through translations of Russian literature, especially French translations.[6]

Worldwide[edit]

Its form varies by language:

Given names[edit]

List of people with given name Sergius[edit]

List of notable people with given name Serge[edit]

List of people with given name Sergei or Sergey[edit]

List of people with given name Sergej[edit]

See also: Sergije

List of people with given name Sergi[edit]

List of people with given name Sergio or Sérgio[edit]

Multiple people[edit]

Individuals[edit]

List of people with given name Sergiu[edit]

Main article: Sergiu
  • Sergiu Băhăian, Romanian businessman, convicted fraudster, alleged leader of a criminal organization
  • Sergiu Balan (born 1987), Moldovan cross-country skier who has competed since 2006
  • Sergiu Bar (born 1980), Romanian footballer
  • Sergiu Brujan (born 1976), Romanian football player
  • Sergiu Burcă (born 1961), journalist and politician from Moldova
  • Sergiu Buș (born 1992), Romanian footballer
  • Sergiu Celac (born 1939), the first post-communist Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
  • Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996), Romanian conductor, composer, and teacher
  • Sergiu Chircă, Moldovan politician
  • Sergiu Comissiona (1928–2005), Romanian conductor and violinist
  • Sergiu Costea (born 1983), Romanian football player
  • Sergiu Costin (born 1978), Romanian football player
  • Sergiu Cunescu (1923–2005), Romanian social democratic politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Romania 1990 to 2001
  • Sergiu Dan (1903–1976), Romanian novelist, journalist, Holocaust survivor and political prisoner of the communist regime
  • Sergiu Gavriliţă, husband of Rodica Ciorănică (born 1976), who is a journalist and editor from Moldova
  • Sergiu Grossu (1920–2009), writer and theologian from Romania
  • Sergiu Hart (born 1949), Israeli mathematician and economist and the past president of the Game Theory Society (2008–2010)
  • Sergiu Homei (born 1987), Romanian football player
  • Sergiu Klainerman (born 1950), mathematician known for his contributions to the study of hyperbolic differential equations and general relativity
  • Sergiu Luca (1943–2010), Romanian-born American violinist
  • Sergiu Mândrean (born 1978), Romanian professional football player
  • Sergiu Mocanu (June 6, 1961, Ciobalaccia) is a Moldovan politician
  • Sergiu Ionuț Moga (born 1992), Romanian footballer defender
  • Sergiu Musteaţă (born 1972), historian from the Republic of Moldova, president of the Association of Historians of Moldova
  • Sergiu Muth (born 1990), Romanian footballer
  • Sergiu Natra (1924–2021), Israeli composer of Romanian birth
  • Sergiu Negruț (born 1993), Romanian professional football player
  • Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930–2013), Romanian film director, actor and politician
  • Sergiu Niţă (1883–1940), politician and lawyer from Romania
  • Sergiu Rădăuţan (1926–1998), Moldovan physicist
  • Sergiu Radu (born 1977), Romanian professional footballer
  • Sergiu Samarian (1923–1991), Romanian–German chess master and coach
  • Sergiu Suciu (born 1990), Romanian professional footballer
  • Sergiu Toma (born 1987), Moldovan judoka
  • Sergiu Ursu (born 1980), Romanian discus thrower

List of people with given name Serj[edit]

Main article: Serj
  • Serj Sargsyan or Serzh Sargsyan (born 1954), third president of Armenia
  • Serj Tankian, Armenian-American musician/political activist

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Serge, the protagonist of Le Beau Serge, a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, released in 1958, and cited as the first movie of the Nouvelle Vague
  • Serge, the silent protagonist of the role-playing video game Chrono Cross
  • Serge Battour, one of the main characters of the manga series Kaze to Ki no Uta
  • Serge A. Storms, the main character of a series of novels by Tim Dorsey
  • Sergei Varishkov, alias Blanca, a Kazakh assassin in the manga and anime series Banana Fish
  • Sergey, a character in the fantasy novel Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
  • Sergey Roskov, a character in the anime series Stellvia
  • Sergio, a parrot on the animated television series The Casagrandes
  • Sérgio, the main character of O Ateneu
  • Sergei Kazarin, a character in the VOCALOID song series Parties are for Losers

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008). Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages. Brill. p. 559. ISBN 978-90-04-16797-1.
  2. ^ Table for transliteration of the Ukrainian alphabet in Latin script, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine's Official website
  3. ^ Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Project Gutenberg, 2004.
  4. ^ George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897)
  5. ^ Andrew J. Ekonomou, Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes, 2007, ISBN 0739152750, p. 214
  6. ^ Carlo Tagliavini,Un nome al giorno: origine e storia di nomi di persona italiani, Vol. 1., 1972, p. 55
  7. ^ Table for transliteration of the Ukrainian alphabet in latin script, Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine's Official website
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