Seve
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SEH-vay
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Seve is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “stern, serious”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Seve mean?
Latin: Spanish short form of Severiano, from Latin Severus
“stern, serious”
Famously the name of Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros, winner of five major championships.
Is Seve a girl's or a boy's name?
Seve is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Seve in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Seve, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Seve in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Seve in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Seve in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Seve, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Seve in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Seve in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
Names like Seve
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vinnie Brody Logan Austin Rome Jesse Alfie Dougie Roman Oscar Rowan Jude
Names related to Seve
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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, “Seve: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/seve, updated 20 October 2026.