Name profile

Seraphina

A name meaning "fiery ones".

PronunciationEnglish /sɛɹ.ə.ˈfin.ə/; German /ze.ʁa.ˈfiː.na/
Usage languagesEnglish, German, Late Roman, Latin
US rank (2025)#599

Meaning and history

Seraphina is the feminine form of the Late Latin name Seraphinus, ultimately derived from the biblical word seraphim, a Hebrew term meaning “fiery ones.” The seraphim were an order of angels described by Isaiah in the Bible as having six wings each. The name was borne by a 13th-century Italian saint who made clothes for the poor, but as an English name it has never been common.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 32 births, rank #4,463
2007: 30 births, rank #4,808
2008: 50 births, rank #3,316
2009: 88 births, rank #2,227
2010: 108 births, rank #1,873
20112011: 153 births, rank #1,463
2012: 151 births, rank #1,491
2013: 174 births, rank #1,338
2014: 175 births, rank #1,341
2015: 204 births, rank #1,215
20162016: 212 births, rank #1,179
2017: 204 births, rank #1,197
2018: 225 births, rank #1,099
2019: 258 births, rank #1,000
2020: 176 births, rank #1,271
20212021: 231 births, rank #1,081
2022: 247 births, rank #1,034
2023: 267 births, rank #967
2024: 363 births, rank #775
20252025: 489 births, rank #599

Seraphina rose from #779 to #600 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 489.