Serge (first name)

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This article is about the first name. For the article on the twill fabric, see serge.

Serge is a male first name, particularly common in Spain[1] and France. The less common female version is Sergine. The name originates from the Roman nomen (family name) Sergius, and this from a more ancient Etruscan name. Its meaning is unknown, although some sources state that it means "keeper" or "guardian".

[edit] In other languages:

Armenian: Serj
Belarusian: Siarhei, Siarhiej (Сяргей) or Sierž (Серж)
Catalan: Sergi
Georgian: Sergo
Greek: Sergios (Σέργιος)
Italian and Spanish: Sergio
Polish: Sergiusz
Portuguese: Sérgio
Russian: Sergei or Sergey (Сергей)
Ukrainian: Sergiy, Serhiy or Serhii (Сергiй)

[edit] Famous Serges

Serge Blanco, international rugby player
Serge Dassault, French entrepreneur and politician
Serge Gainsbourg (real name: "Lucien Ginzburg"), French singer-songwriter, painter, actor and director, famous for recording the controversial song Je t'aime... moi non plus, with his lover Jane Birkin
Serge July, French journalist
Serge Klarsfeld, historian and lawyer, known for his anti-Nazi and pro-Israel activities
Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor
Serge Lang, Franco-American mathematician
Serge Lama, French singer
Serge Marcil, Canadian educator, administrator and politician
Serge Moscovici, social psychologist
Serge Reggiani, French singer, painter and actor
Serge Sarkisyan, Defense Minister of the Republic of Armenia
Serge Schmemann, the editorial page editor of The International Herald Tribune
Serge A. Storms, fictional character from the novels of Tim Dorsey
Serge Patrice Thibodeau, Canadian poet
Serge, silent protagonist of the video game Chrono Cross
Serge Kampf, Chairman & Founder, Sogeti (Société pour la Gestion des Enterprises et le Traitement de l'Information) (in English: Enterprise Management and Data Processing Company), currently known as Capgemini