Serafim
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-rah-FEEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Serafim is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the burning ones”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Serafim mean?
Hebrew: Portuguese, Romanian and Russian form of Seraphim
“the burning ones”
Saint Seraphim of Sarov was a much-loved Russian Orthodox monk and mystic who died in 1833.
Is Serafim a girl's or a boy's name?
Serafim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Serafim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Serafim, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Serafim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Serafim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
Names like Serafim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Abdullah, Zayd, Huzaifa, Zayaan, Sulaiman, Ayyub, Zakariya, Amir
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Serafim: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/serafim, updated 20 October 2026.