Sergey
A Slavic name rooted in the word for "servant", carried in Russian tradition. Only about 1,300 men in Poland hold it and boys almost never receive it now, so most Poles have never met one.
Sergey Pronunciation
Sergey is pronounced ser-GE-ih (/sɛrˈgɛɨ/).
What Sergey means
Where Sergey comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Sergey has Slavic roots and sits near the center of Russian naming tradition. The short meaning recorded for it is servant, in Polish sługa. That sense points away from grandeur and toward a life spent for others.
The meaning finds a place to land in one famous bearer. Sergius of Radonezh, born around 1314, founded the Trinity Lavra north of Moscow and became one of the most revered saints of the Russian Orthodox Church. A monk who gave his life to service reads naturally against a name that means sługa.
On a Polish class register the form would be Sergiusz, with an imieniny most often kept on the seventh of October. In the twentieth century the name travelled far through Sergei Rachmaninoff and Sergei Prokofiev, two composers whose recordings still fill concert halls. Strip away the fame and the old meaning stays put. Servant, sługa.
How many people are named Sergey
1 in 16612 men in Poland is named Sergey. 1,285 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #856 among male names.
Sergey's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Sergey as a middle name
Sergey is a first name for 1,285 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5017th, between Sergej (5) and Severino (5).
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#5015 Sergei5
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#5016 Sergej5
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#5017 Sergey5
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#5018 Severino5
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#5019 Shaban5