The first name Seraphina
A girl’s name from Latin.
4 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. By surface analysis, Seraphin + -a.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 61 girls were named Seraphina, making it the 634th most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Seraphina with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Seraphina at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 489 girls born in the United States were named Seraphina, the 600th most popular girls’ name that year.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Seraphina in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Seraphina in German too.
More Latin girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Seraphina mean?
- From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. By surface analysis, Seraphin + -a.
- What is the origin of the name Seraphina?
- From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. By surface analysis, Seraphin + -a.
- How popular is the name Seraphina?
- In 2025, 61 girls born in England and Wales were named Seraphina, ranking 634th.
- Is Seraphina a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 4,093 US babies named Seraphina since 1880 were girls.
- When was Seraphina most popular?
- 2025 in the United States, when 489 babies were named Seraphina, its highest rank at 600th.