# Severn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/severn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “summer fallow” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɛv.ɚn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 126 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 126 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Middle English Severne, from Old English Sæfern, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā (compare Welsh Hafren), perhaps from *samaros (“summer fallow”). Doublet of Sabrina.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1924 | 9 | 3,225 |
| 1927 | 7 | 3,731 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,898 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,488 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,574 |
| 1975 | 5 | 6,190 |
| 1976 | 5 | 6,338 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,702 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,653 |
| 1981 | 5 | 7,103 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,831 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,742 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,287 |
| 1997 | 6 | 9,082 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,818 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 赛文河, 塞文河
- French: Severn
- Georgian: სევერნი
- Irish: an tSabhrainn
- Korean: 세번강
- Welsh: Hafren

## People named Severn

- Severn Cullis-Suzuki, environmental activist and writer
- Severn Darden, American actor (1929–1995)
- Trey Parker, American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.