Sereia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-RAY-a
- Origin
- Portuguese
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Sereia is a girls' name of Portuguese origin, meaning “mermaid”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Sereia mean?
Portuguese: Portuguese word, from Latin sirena
“mermaid”
The Portuguese word for mermaid, from the same root as English siren, the singing sea creatures of Greek myth.
Is Sereia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sereia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sereia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 600% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Sereia, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Sereia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
How popular is Sereia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Sereia, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 2017.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Sereia of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Half of all the girls named Sereia in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sereia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
Names like Sereia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alora, Aria, Maeva, Athena, Rosa, Syeda, Croia, Aurora, Cecilia, Selena, Lucia, Sophia
Names related to Sereia
More Portuguese names
Zaire, Lua, Vasco, Romario, Luar, Diogo, Evora, Brazil, Aires, Mariaalice, Marques, Tavares, Anajulia, Tavaris, Joia, Marialuiza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sereia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sereia, updated 20 October 2026.