Seraphina - Meaning of Seraphina
What does Seraphina mean?
[ 4 syll. se-rap-hi-na, ser-aph-ina ] The baby girl name Seraphina is pronounced as Sey-R-ahFIY-Naa- †. Seraphina's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English, French, and German. It is a biblical name derived from seraphim which means 'burning ones, fiery' ; seraph. The name was borne in the Old Testament of the Bible by a class of celestial beings or angels. It was also borne by an obscure 5th century saint from southern Europe. Seraphina is the feminine version of the French and German Seraphin.
Seraphina has 14 forms that are used in English and foreign languages. Fina, Sarafina, Seraphin, and Serefina (used in Polish as well) are English forms of the name. Other English forms include the contracted form Sera (used in Iranian, and Turkish as well), and the spelling variant Serafina (used in Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Slavic as well).
Forms used in foreign languages include Fima (Russian), Fimochka (Russian), Serafima (Russian), Serafine (German), Seraph (Hebrew), Seraphine (French), Séraphine (French), and Sima (Russian).
See also the related categories, english, hebrew, angels (messenger), biblical, obscure, french, saint, fiery, and german.
Seraphina is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Seraphina include Serefina, Sarafina, Sarvajna, Serafina, Serafine, Seraphine, Serafima, Sarvani, Seraphin, Servane, Servanne, Séraphine, Shahrbano, Sharvani, Charbonnay, and Charbonnet.
† Pronunciation for Seraphina: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

Seraphina Popularity Charts
Subscribe now to receive a complimentary E-Yearbook!
Famous Name | Articles | Forums | Contests
about | terms of use | privacy policy
Copyright © 2009-2023 Baby Names Pedia. All rights reserved.