Sergius (name)

This article is about the first name. For the article on the twill fabric, see serge.

Serge (pronounced [[IPA chart for English|/sɝdʒ]] in English) is a male first name, particularly common in Spain and France. The less common female version is Sergine. The name originates from the Roman nomen (family name) Sergius, and this from a more ancient Etruscan name. Its meaning is unknown, although some sources state that it means "keeper" or "guardian," sharing an etymology with the word "sergeant." .

In other languages:

• Arabic: Sarkis
• Armenian: Serj (Սերժ), Sarkis (Սարգիս)
• Belarusian: Siarhei, Siarhiej (Сяргей) or Sierž (Серж)
• Catalan: Sergi
• Galician: Serxio
• Georgian: Sergo
• Greek: Sergios (Σέργιος)
• Hungarian: Szergiusz
• Italian and Spanish: Sergio
• Polish: Sergiusz
• Portuguese: Sérgio
• Romanian: Sergiu
• Russian and Bulgarian: Sergei or Sergey (Сергей)
• Serbian: Srđan, Srđa
• Ukrainian: Sergiy, Serhiy, Serhii or Sergii (Сергiй)
• Valencian: Sergi/Sergio

Famous Serges

• Serge Blanco, international rugby player
• Serge Dassault, French entrepreneur and politician
• Serge Gainsbourg (real name: "Lucien Ginzburg"), French singer-songwriter, painter, actor and director, famous for recording the controversial song Je t'aime... moi non plus, with his lover Jane Birkin
• Serge Klarsfeld, historian and lawyer, known for his anti-Nazi and pro-Israel activities
• Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor
• Serge Lang, Franco-American mathematician
• Serge Lama, French singer
• Serge Marcil, Canadian educator, administrator and politician
• Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
• Serge Reggiani, French singer, painter and actor
• Serge (Serzh) Sargsyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
• Serge Schmemann, the editorial page editor of The International Herald Tribune
• Serge A. Storms, fictional character from the novels of Tim Dorsey
• Serge, silent protagonist of the video game Chrono Cross
• Serge Kampf, Chairman & Founder, Sogeti (Société pour la Gestion des Enterprises et le Traitement de l'Information) (in English: Enterprise Management and Data Processing Company), currently known as Capgemini

Famous Sergeis

• Sergei Bondarchuk, Russian-Ukrainian film director
• Sergey Brin, American entrepreneur and co-founder of Google
• Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• Sergei Diaghilev, founder of Ballets Russes
• Sergei Dovlatov, writer and dissident
• Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet film director
• Sergei Federov, Russian NHL ice-hockey player
• Sergei Grinkov, Ice skating champion
• Sergey Kirov, Soviet revolutionary leader
• Sergey Korolyov, Soviet rocket engineer
• Sergey Lazarev, Russian pop singer/opera actor
• Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian science fiction and fantasy writer.
• Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer
• Sergei Rachmaninov, Russian musician
• Sergii Radonezhsky, spiritual leader of medieval Russia
• Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet
• Serge, Protagonist of the videogame Chrono Cross

Famous Sergi

• Sergi Barjuán, footballer
• Sergi López Segú, footballer
• Sergi López (actor)

Famous Sergios

• Sergio Aguero, Argentine national soccer player
• Sergio Avila, Military Leader
• Sergio Ávila, Mexican football (soccer) player
• Sergio Hernandez, Spanish race car driver
• Sergio Aragonés, cartoonist
• Sergio Castellitto, Italian actor
• Sérgio Chapelin, Brazilian TV news presenter
• Sergio Cofferati, Italian politician former CGIL (trade union) leader
• Sergio Dalma, singer
• Sergio García , Spanish golfer
• Sergio González Soriano, Spanish football (soccer) player
• Sergio Leone, Italian film director
• Sergio Cabello, dramaturg
• Sergio Marchionne, Italian businessman
• Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian musician
• Sergio Oliva, American bodybuilder
• Sergio Ortega, Chilean composer and pianist
• Sergio Pizzorno, Guitarist and lead song writer of the English band Kasabian
• Sergio Ramos, Spanish football (soccer) player currently playing for Spain and Real Madrid
• Sergio Rey, Spanish boxer
• Sergio Rodriguez, Spanish basketball player
• Sergio Rossi, Italian fashion designer
• Sergio Tacchini, Italian fashion designer
• Sergio Torres, Argentine football (soccer) player currently playing in England for Wycombe Wanderers
• Sergio Valente, designer jeans company

Famous Sergius

• Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian actor, film director and producer, politician, Romanian Senator
• Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor

Famous Serjes

• Serj Tankian, Armenian-American musician/political activist

Famous Sergiuses

See Sergius

Nicknames

• The Finnish military nickname for ZU-23-2 air defense cannon is Sergei