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Used in Northern Africa as well as Europe.

Personal experiences with the name Serafina

We named our daughter Serafina Rose, 6 months before Ben Affleck and Jen Gardner. Oh well....we love the name and have received many many compliments on her name. Everyone seems to always remember her name - like it just "sticks."

Serafina has been a family name for 3 generations (Italian) and I never saw it anywhere as a child. Lately it has been attached to elegant shoe styles and fabric patterns. Though I didn't appreciated it when I was younger, I am enjoying seeing it more often.

One of my closest friends is named Serafina and I have never met anyone else with that name. Mostly everyone who is friends with he calls her Fina, including me. A few of her other friends call her Sara, which she didn't like at first, but now likes it. She loves her name and says she thinks it fits her well

Nicknames for Serafina

Fina, Sera, Feen, FiFi

Meanings and history of the name Serafina

The name means 'ardent one'in Latin and 'burning ones' in Hebrew
Derived from Seraphim associated with angels
St. Serafina from San San Gimignano, Italy feast day March 12

Famous real-life people named Serafina

Serafina Steer, Musician & Songwriter
Serafina a chain of Northern Italian restaurants in New York

Serafina in song, story & screen

Serafina Pekkala, queen of the witches (good witches) in the His Dark Materials series, by Philip Pullman
"Serafina Means Freedom" starring Whoopi Goldberg was a movie and play.
Serafina's Stories by Rudolfo Anaya
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman