Seraphina

name

"seraphina" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Seraphina” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Latin.

Corpus desk

Index EN-seraphina · Seraphina · English

Seraphina · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for Seraphina
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeraphina
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Seraphina” in English

Seraphinasits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seraphina is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from Latin.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Seraphina in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. The correct English form is Seraphina, spelled S-E-R-A-P-H-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Seraphina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I breathed out the name Seraphina into the moonlight in an increasing transport. "Seraphina! Seraphina! Seraphina!" The repeated beauty of the sound intoxicated me.

Etymology

From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seraphina"?
"Seraphina" is spelled S-E-R-A-P-H-I-N-A.
What does "Seraphina" mean?
As a proper noun, "Seraphina" means: A female given name from Latin.
What is the origin of the word "Seraphina"?
From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list