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Seraphine

Seraphine

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A girl's name from Hebrew that suggests pure, angel-like qualities
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsɛrəfiːn/
: Serafina
  • At the ceremony, Seraphine wore a white dress and smiled at her family.

Examples

  • Seraphine always brought a sense of calm to the room with her Seraphine presence.

  • They named their daughter Seraphine after her great-grandmother's gentle saint.

  • The novel's main character, Seraphine, is known for her kindness and strength.

  • My friend Seraphine loves to paint.

  • Is Seraphine coming to the party?

  • People often described Seraphine as a kind and pure-hearted person, reflecting her name's meaning.

  • At the charity event, Seraphine's radiant smile lit up the entire hall, embodying her namesake's qualities.

Surface Forms

Seraphine main

Morphology

Seraphine = seraph (semi-transparent) = seraph + ine

Formed from 'seraph' (angel) plus the feminine/derivational suffix '-ine'; the relation to 'angelic' is visible but as a proper name it does not yield a predictable, productive meaning for learners.

Etymology

Seraphine comes from the Hebrew word seraph, which means 'burning' and was used for a high kind of 'angel'. So Seraphine suggests someone 'angelic' or very pure, an image that makes the name easy to remember.