Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 Severina
/seh · veh · REE · nah/
Meaning
“Stern, strict”
Feminine form of the Latin Severinus, from severus (stern, strict); Saint Severina and various Roman saints carried the name into Catholic devotion; also a hit Brazilian song popularised it in the 1990s.
Nicknames
seve · nina
Vibe
warmelegant
How it ages.
Feels stately and underused; the Brazilian song connection adds an unexpected modern layer.
The cultural moment.
Traditional use in Italy and Spain; rose in Brazil in the 1990s following the popular forró song Severina.