Severo

Where Severo comes from

Severo hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1904
    Debut at its peak, #874
    #874 among boys with 8 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1905
    Severo Ochoa born
    Spanish physician
  3. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1937
    Severo Sarduy born
    Cuban writer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Severo Ochoa · Spanish physician, 1905–1993
  • Severo Sarduy · Cuban writer, 1937–1993
  • Severo Meza · Mexican footballer, born 1986
  • Severo Fernández · President of Bolivia, 1849–1925
  • Severo Moto Nsá · Equatoguinean politician, born 1943

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.