Severin Family History
Severin Name Meaning
German Swedish Italian (Veneto) Czech Croatian and Romanian; Ukrainian (standard transliteration Severyn); French (Séverin); Slovak (Severín): from a personal name Latin Severinus from the same root as Severus (see Severe ). This was borne by several early Christian saints including bishops of Trier (2nd century) Cologne (4th century) and Bordeaux (5th century) and hermits of Paris (6th century) and Tivoli (8th century) as well as a 5th-century apostle of Austria. Jewish (Ashkenazic): shortened form of Severinovsky a habitational name for someone from Severinovka in Ukraine.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022