Sergius (name)


Sergius 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, 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 and Slavic languages. It is not common in English, although the Anglo-French name Sargent is possibly related to it.

Etymology

The name originates from the Roman nomen 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. 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".
It became a personal name in Roman imperial times and spread to the Byzantine Empire in the Greek form Sergios. 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.
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.

Worldwide

Its form varies by language:

Surname "Sérgio"

  • Manuel Sérgio, Portuguese philosopher of sport, academic, activist and politician

Given names

List of people with given name Sergius

Popes

Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs

Other Patriarchs

Other Christian Saints

Dukes of Naples

Dukes of Amalfi

Other people

List of people with given name Serge

List of people with given name Sergei or Sergey

List of people with given name Sergej

List of people with given name Sergi

List of people with given name Sergio or Sérgio

Multiple people

Individuals

List of people with given name Sergiu

List of people with given name Serj

Fictional characters

  • Serge, character in the Beverly Hills Cop movie franchise played by Bronson Pinchot
  • 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
  • Sergio Altieri, a protagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's, appearing in the book Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #8: Gumdrop Angel as the protagonist of the second story, Sergio's Lucky Day
  • Sérgio, the main character of O Ateneu
  • Sergei Kazarin, a character in the VOCALOID song series ''Parties are for Losers''