Serenity
Meaning of Serenity
Serenity is a girl's name taken from the English word for calmness or tranquility, which goes back to Latin serenus, meaning clear or calm. It is pronounced suh-REN-i-tee (/səˈrɛnɪti/).
The word is familiar from the Serenity Prayer, which asks for the serenity to accept what cannot be changed and is usually attributed to the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. The 2005 film Serenity takes its title from the spaceship in the science-fiction series Firefly. In the Japanese manga and anime Sailor Moon, Serenity is the name of the queen and princess of the Moon Kingdom.
In the U.S., Serenity climbed the rankings every year from 976th in 1997 to a peak of 52nd in 2013. It has slipped in recent years, ranking 129th in 2025 with 2,209 babies given the name.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as suh-REN-i-tee (/səˈrɛnɪti/)
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Notable People Named Serenity
| Serenity is an American former adult film actress ranked among the AVN Top 50 in 2002 who later became a TV reporter and animal rights advocate. |
