Sergei - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. ser-gei, se-rg-ei ] The boy name Sergei is pronounced as SerGEY or SEHRGEY ^KEY. Sergei is used predominantly in Russian and its origin is Etrusk. Sergius (Latin) is an old form of the name. The first name is derived from the Roman family name Sergius, itself of possibly Etrusk origin. As a family name it was borne by Lucius Sergius Catilina (108-62 BC), the Roman politician who led the Catiline conspiracy in a failed attempt to overthrow the Roman republic. The name was also known from Saint Sergius (-303), a Roman soldier martyred with Saint Bacchus, and from Saint Sergius of Radonezh (1320-1392), the most famous of Russian saints, thus popularizing the name Sergei in Russia. There have been four popes with the name Sergius.

The name Serge (French and German) and the name Sergio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) are variants of Sergei. Seryozha (pet form in Russian) is another variant of the name. Sergei is a spelling variant of the name Sergej (Russian).

Sergei is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2007, out of the family of boy names directly related to Sergei, Sergio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish) was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Sergei include Sergej (Russian), Cyrus (English), Serge (French and German), Sergio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Sirius (German), Seryozha (Russian), and Cyriacus (German).

^KEY: English pronunciation for Sergei: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"

A famous person named Sergei is Sergei Prokofiev, Composer, born 23 April 1891 - 5 March 1953, Sontzovka, Russia.

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