Seraph

Meaning of Seraph

Rooted in the Hebrew term seraphim—literally “burning ones” and denoting one of the highest orders of angelic beings charged with purification and divine worship—the name Seraph conveys solemnity and fiery intensity. Employed as a unisex appellation, Seraph unites historical gravitas with contemporary gender neutrality, appealing to parents who seek nomenclature imbued with both spiritual resonance and modern egalitarian values. Across Romance tongues and Anglo-American English, its phonetic realization varies: in Italian as /ˈsɛ.raf/, in Spanish and French approximately as /se.ˈɾaf/ and /se.ʁaf/ respectively, and in English typically as /ˈsɛrəf/, with each variant preserving the name’s distinctive two-syllable stress pattern.