Sergius

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

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.

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

• Sergey

• giruses, guisers

Originally a Roman gens name, or "family name", of obscure meaning. Probably of Etruscan origin,[1] meaning "servant."[2]

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

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

1. a male given name

Second-declension noun, singular only.

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

• 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

• “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.