Submitted Name Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Roman (Hellenized) Scripts Σεουῆρος(Ancient Greek) Other Forms FormsVariant transcription: Seouiros. Late Greek form: Severos (Σεβήρος). Edit Status Status [show contributorhide contributor] Added 11/27/2016 by Lucille Meaning & History Hellenized form of Severus. Also compare the names Silvanus and Silouanos, which show that the letter -v- was usually hellenized to -ou- by the ancient Greeks.