Talk:Serge (first name)

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[edit] Origin

Doesn't this come from a word that means servant? I heard this somewhere and would love to know what it means, since my name is Serge. Ironearth 03:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Sergio is my middle name, and i read somewhere exactly the same explanation of the origin of this name (it means servant).

Nothing to do with servant. It's an ancient patrician Roman name, ethymology unknown. --Barbatus 01:04, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

My name is Serge and I am having some trouble finding the origin can anyone help me out.

The current version of the page says it comes from "keeper" or "guardian", sharing etymology with Sergeant. But Sergeant, according to American Heritage Dictionary (http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/S0279900.html) comes from serviens, servant/vassal/soldier, which comes from servus, slave. Random House Unabridged and Online Etymology Dictionary confirm this. So, if the name shares etymology with sergeant, it's not guardian, it's servant. In fact, all sources I have seen say "unknown, perhaps servant", for example http://www.behindthename.com/name/sergius and that's what the page should say. --Cubbi (talk) 16:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Srđan?

Isn't it really from the root -srd- meaning ‘heart’ or ‘core’? I was always thinking so. — Svetko 09:03, 31 August 2007 (UTC)