Sergio
Latin at root, from a name meaning "servant" or "guardian". It stays rare in Poland: only around 800 men carry it, all of them male, and no boys were given it last year.
Sergio Pronunciation
Sergio is pronounced SERG-yo (/ˈsɛrgjɔ/).
What Sergio means
Where Sergio comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sergio comes from the Latin Sergius, the name of an old Roman clan called the gens Sergia. Its Roman roots are certain even where the older meaning stays debated. The sense of servant and guardian was fastened to the name later, and it is the reading a Polish parent will find in a name book today.
Italy kept Sergius alive and softened it into Sergio. Spain took the same form. Both countries handed it to painters, footballers, and priests. Sergio grew no Polish diminutives and shifted into no variants; it stays as it arrived.
Say the name in a Kraków classroom and it reads as borrowed, a guest beside the local Sergiusz boys. On the register that final -o gives it away at once. Still, a boy named Sergio holds a word that once pointed to one who serves and one who guards.
How many people are named Sergio
1 in 26000 men in Poland is named Sergio. 821 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1040 among male names.
Sergio's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Sergio as a middle name
Sergio is a first name for 821 men in Poland and a middle name for another 114, an 88/12 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 657th, between Pius (114) and Alessandro (113).
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#655 Ismail114
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#656 Pius114
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#657 Sergio114
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#658 Alessandro113
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#659 Darek113