When Serina Iversdatter was born on 6 October 1837, her father, Iver Petersen, was 45 and her mother, Serine Siri Christophersdatter, was 39. She lived in Søndre Trondhjem, Norway in 1838. She died in 1838, at the age of 1.
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From a Latin name, representing the feminine form of the adjective serenus ‘calm, serene’. It was borne by an early Christian saint, about whom little is known. In her biography she is described as wife of the Emperor Domitian ( ad 51–96 ), but there is no mention of her in any of the historical sources that deal with this period. In recent years the name has been associated with the American tennis player Serena Williams ( b. 1981 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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