Severin (given name)

Severin or Séverin is a masculine given name. It is derived from Latin severus "severe, serious, strict". It may refer to:

any of several early or medieval Christian saints, including
- Pope Severinus
- Severin of Cologne, 4th Century
- Severinus of Noricum, the Apostle to Noricum, 5th Century
- Saint Severinus of Septempeda, 6th Century
- A hermit who lived on the site of the current Saint-Séverin church in the 5th arrondissement of Paris
George Chapman, born Severin Klosowski, British serial poisoner and suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders
Severin von Eckardstein, German pianist
Severin Browne (b. 1949) American musician & younger brother of musician Jackson Browne
Severin Roesen (ca 1815–72), a painter known for his still lifes of flowers and fruit

Fictional characters

Severin von Kusiemski, a character in the novel Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Severin, a character in the movie Shortbus. The character, a dominatrix, presumably adopted her name as a reference to the character in Venus in Furs
Severin Boxx is the main character in Anthony Swofford's novel Exit A.
Severin Winter, a character who is a wrestling prodigy in The 158-Pound Marriage, a novel by John Irving
Severinus of Sankt Wendel, a character in the novel The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Severin, a character in the novel Severin's Journey into the Dark by Paul Leppin
Severin (Severen), a character in the movie Near Dark.
Severus Snape, a character in Harry Potter' 'by J K Rowling