Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 Severino
/seh · veh · REE · noh/
Meaning
“Stern, strict”
Italian and Spanish masculine form of Severinus, from Latin severus (stern, strict); multiple saints bear this name, anchoring it firmly in Catholic tradition.
Nicknames
seve
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
Feels solidly mid-century in Italian and Brazilian contexts; aging without embarrassment.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil and Italy from the mid-20th century; declining in new births since the 1980s.