Soren Kierkegaard

Gender: Masculine
Origin: Latin
Meaning: “stern”
Eng(SEV-rin); Germ(Ze-ve-reen)

The name is derived from an old Roman family name which was derived from the Latin name Severus meaning “stern.” The name was borne by several saints, including a pope and a Roman theologian put to death under Theodoric 1.

The name is also borne by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), Søren is a fairly popular form throughout Scandinavia, especially Denmark and is even in usage in Germany.

The designated name-day is October 23.

Other forms of the name include:

• Søren/Sørinus/Sørn (Danish/Norwegian)
• Servin/Sevrin/Sørin (Faroese)
• Severi (Finnish: diminutive forms include Seeve and Sever, Veeri)
• Sévère (French)
• Séverin (French)
• Severin (German/Romansch)
• Severinus (German/Latin)
• Szevér/Szeverin (Hungarian)
• Szörény (Hungarian)
• Severino (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
• Severo (Italian, Spanish)
• Severus (Latin)
• Severins (Latvian)
• Severas/Severinas (Lithuanian)
• Sevre/Sevri/Sevrin (Norwegian)
• Söffren/Söfring/Sövrin (Old Swedish: out of usage)
• Sewer/Seweryn (Polish)
• Suulut (Saami)
• Sören (Swedish)
• Severián (Ukrainian)

Female forms include:

• Sørina/Sørine (Danish/Norwegian)
• Severiina (Finnish)
• Séverine (French)
• Severina (German, Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Spanish)
• Szörénke (Hungarian)
• Sevrina/Sevrine/Søverine/Søvrina/Søvrine (Norwegian)
• Sewera/Seweryna (Polish)
• Severyna (Ukrainian)