Sergius

English

Etymology

A saint's name, from Latin Sergius. Doublet of Sergey.

Proper noun

Sergius

1. A male given name from Latin.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:7:

     Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

Usage notes

The English name is mainly historical, but many of the foreign cognates are popular given names.

Related terms

• Sergey

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Shirgji
• Arabic: سَرْكِيس m (sarkīs), سَرْجُون m (sarjūn)
• Armenian: Սարգիս (Sargis), Սերժ (Serž)
• Belarusian: Сярге́й m (Sjarhjéj)
• Bulgarian: Серге́й m (Sergéj)
• Catalan: Sergi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 謝爾蓋／谢尔盖 (zh) (Xiè'ěrgài)

• Dutch: Serge (nl)
• Esperanto: Sergio (eo)
• Finnish: Sergei
• French: Serge (fr) m
• Georgian: სერგო (sergo), სერგი (sergi)
• German: Sergei m, Sergej (de) m
• Greek: Σέργιος (el) m (Sérgios)

  Ancient: Σέργιος m (Sérgios)

• Hungarian: Szergiusz (hu)
• Italian: Sergio (it) m
• Japanese: セルゲイ (Serugei)
• Latin: Sergius m
• Latvian: Sergejs m
• Macedonian: Серге́ј m (Sergéj)
• Maltese: Sergio
• Polish: Sergiusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sérgio (pt) m
• Romanian: Sergiu (ro) m
• Russian: Серге́й (ru) m (Sergéj), Серж (ru) m (Serž)
• Serbo-Croatian: Сергије m, Sergije m, Срђан m, Srđan m
• Skolt Sami: Siʹrǧǧi
• Slovene: Sergej m
• Spanish: Sergio (es) m
• Ukrainian: Сергі́й (uk) m (Serhíj)
• Vietnamese: Sergiô

Anagrams

• Gerussi, giruses, guisers

Latin

Etymology

Originally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning. Probably of Etruscan origin, meaning "servant."

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈser.ɡi.us/, [ˈs̠ɛrɡiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.d͡ʒi.us/, [ˈsɛrd͡ʒius]

Proper noun

Sergius m sg (genitive Sergiī or Sergī); second declension

1. a male given name

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sergius
Genitive	Sergiī Sergī1
Dative	Sergiō
Accusative	Sergium
Ablative	Sergiō
Vocative	Sergī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Σέργιος (Sérgios)
  • Belarusian: Сярге́й (Sjarhjéj)
  • Greek: Σέργιος (Sérgios)
  • Georgian: სერგო (sergo)
  • Russian: Серге́й (Sergéj), Се́ргий (Sérgij)
    • Armenian: Սերգեյ (Sergey)
  • Ukrainian: Сергій (Serhij)
• Catalan: Sergi
• Classical Syriac: ܣܪܓܝܣ (Sargis)
  • Old Armenian: Սարգիս (Sargis)
    • Armenian: Սարգիս (Sargis)
• French: Serge
  • Armenian: Սերժ (Serž)
• Italian: Sergio
• Polish: Sergiusz
• Portuguese: Sérgio
• Romanian: Sergiu
• Spanish: Sergio
• Albanian: Shirgji

References

• “Sergius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sergius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.