Severin (name)
Severin , Séverin and Severinus is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Severin or Severinus is an originally male given name of Latin origin, which arose from the further development of the ancient Roman surname and surname Severus , which means "the strict" or "the serious". The feminine form common in France is Séverine . The surname Severin may also be derived from the Old Slavic word sebrŭ for farmer .
Name bearer
- various saints, see Sankt Severin
First and first name (including language variants)
- Severinus († 170), martyr and saint
- Severin of Cologne († after 397), bishop of Cologne and saint
- Severin von Noricum († 482), missionary, monastery founder and saint
- Severinus von Agaunum († 506 or 507), abbot and saint
- Severinus of Paris († around 540 or 555), monk and saint
- Severinus (Pope) († 640)
- Séverin Bays (1885–1972), Swiss writer
- Severin Benz (1834–1898), Swiss church and portrait painter
- Severin Blindenbacher (* 1983), Swiss ice hockey player
- Séverin Cornet (1530–1582), Franco-Flemish singer, conductor and composer
- Severin Corsten (1920–2008), German author
- Severin von Eckardstein (* 1978), German pianist
- Severin Eisenberger (1879–1945), Polish pianist and university professor
- Severin Freund (* 1988), German ski jumper
- Severin Groebner (* 1969), Austrian cabaret artist
- Severin Jensen (1723–1809) Kurland architect
- Severin Koster (* 1942), German classical philologist
- Severin Leitner (1945–2015), Italian chaplain
- Severin Løvenskiold (1777–1856), Norwegian manufacturer and politician
- Séverin Moisse (1895–1961), Canadian pianist, composer and music teacher
- Severin Fritz Pütz (1909–1988), German trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- Severin Renoldner (* 1959), Austrian theologian and former politician (Greens)
- Severin Schindler (1671–1737), Prussian businessman and politician
- Severin Schlüter (1571–1648), German Protestant theologian
- Severin Schwan (* 1967), manager
- Severin Gottlieb Ziegenbalg (1681–1713), German sculptor
As a further first name
- Anders Severin Donner (1854–1938), Finnish astronomer
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (around 480 / 485–524 / 526), Roman scholar, politician, philosopher and theologian
- Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789–1862), Danish writer
- Daniel Severin Scultetus (1645–1712), German theologian
- François Séverin Marceau (1769–1796), French general
- Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815–1870), Norwegian composer
- Johan Severin Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer
- Johann Severin Vater (1771–1826), German theologian and linguist
- Josef-Severin Ahlmann (1924-2006), German inventor
- Julius Severin Vilhelm Lassen (1847–1923), Danish lawyer
- Martin Severin From (1828–1895), Danish chess master
- Mathias Severin Berntsen Skeibrok (1851–1896), Norwegian sculptor
- Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig , Danish writer, poet, philosopher, historian, pastor, educator and politician
- Peder Severin Krøyer (1851–1909), Norwegian-Danish painter
- Peter Severin Steenstrup (1807–1863), Norwegian entrepreneur
- Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857–1914), Norwegian artist
family name
- Adde Severin (1668–1731), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Adrian Severin (* 1954), Romanian politician and MEP for Romania
- Alec Severin (* 1963), Belgian comic artist
- Alphonse Marie Louis de Saint-Sévérin d'Aragon (1705–1757), French Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary in Sweden
- Carl Theodor Severin (1763–1836), German architect
- Christian Severin (1562–1647), Danish astronomer
- Dietrich Severin (1935–2019) Professor at the TU Berlin for conveyor and gear technology
- Dimitri Petrowitsch Severin (1792–1865), Russian diplomat, envoy to Bavaria
- Domenico Severin (* 1967), Italian organist
- Emanuel Severin (1842–1907), German-Russian children's surgeon, real councilor and privy councilor in Saint Petersburg
- Erik Severin (1879–1942), Swedish curler
- Friedrich Severin († after 1800), printer, publisher and bookseller in Weißenfels
- Günther Severin (* 1928), German diplomat, ambassador of the GDR
- Hans-Georg Severin (* 1941), German Christian archaeologist
- Jacob Severin (1691–1753), Danish wholesaler and founder of the Greenland trade
- Jay Severin (1951-2020), American talk show host
- Jochen Severin (1927–1995), German journalist, businessman and publisher
- Johann Friedrich August Severin (1780 / 1782–1861), German architect, Prussian construction officer and university professor
- Johannes Severin (1869–1937), German general and city commander of Berlin
- John Severin (1921–2012), American comic artist and cartoonist
- Julius Severin (1840–1883), German genre painter
- Karl Ludwig Severin (1785–1851), Prussian prorector, poet and philologist
- Kay Severin (* 1967), German chemist
- Kurt Severin (1896–1970), German graphic artist and designer of porcelain decorations
- Ludwig Severin (1811–1867), lawyer, President of the Landtag and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
- Ludwig Severin (bailiff) (1776–1832), lawyer, bailiff
- Martina Severin-Kaiser (1959–2016), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman
- Peter Iwanowitsch Severin (1761-1830), Russian major general, civil governor and senator
- Steven Severin (* 1955), British musician and composer
- Theo Severin (1930–2020), German food chemist
- Tim Severin (* 1940), British adventurer, historian and writer
- Wilhelm Severin (1782–1861), Prussian master builder