What does Sebastian mean?

Sebastian means "man from Sebasta"

How do we pronounce Sebastian?

Sebastian \se-bas-tian, seb-asti-an\ is a boy's name. It consists of 9 letters and 4 syllables.

The baby boy name Sebastian is pronounced as SahBAESCHahN (English), ZehBAASTiyaaN (German), or SehBAASTYaaN (Polish) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Sebastian: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"

What is the origin of Sebastian?

Sebastian is mainly used in English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish. Its language of origin is Old Greek. Old forms of the name include Sebastianos (Old Greek) and Sebastianus (Latin). The name is derived from Sebastianos, of the meaning 'man from Sebasta' in reference to the name of a town in Asia Minor. The place name is itself from the Greek 'sebastos' (respected, venerable, augustus), a translation of the Latin ruling title 'augustus'. The name was borne by Saint Sebastian (-287) who was martyred under Diocletian; he was shot with arrows and was thus often depicted as such in medieval art. The name also appeared in two of Shakespeare's plays, as the brother of Viola in Twelfth Night (1601) and as the brother of Alonso in The Tempest (1611). The name was later made known from the charming but tragic character Lord Sebastian Flyte from the Evelyn Waugh novel Brideshead Revisited (1945) and its subsequent television serial (1981). Sebastian is a widely used name; it has 36 variant forms that are used in both English and other languages. English variant forms of Sebastian include Bastiano name, short names for Bastion, nicknames for Seba, Sebasten name, Sebastiane pronounciation, baby name Sebastion, name Sebastyen, short names for Sebastyn, Sebby meaning and origin, and Steb definition. Other English forms include the shortenings Bastian meaning of name (used in French, German, and Spanish too), Baz name, and Seb name variations, the familiar forms Bazza name variations and Sebbie name, and the spelling variant meaning of Sabastian. Variant forms used in other languages include the Dutch name Bastiaan origin, the Portuguese nicknames for Bastiao, the French meaning of Sabastien, the Dutch and German nicknames for Sebastiaan, the Italian and Spanish Sebastiano meaning of name, the Portuguese what does the name Sebastiao mean, the Spanish Sebastián pronounciation, the French and German Sebastien name popularity, the Polish Sebastjan name variations, the Greek name Sebastos origin, the Hungarian Sebestyen definition, the Hungarian Sebestyén pronounciation, the Spanish Sebo meaning and origin, the Russian name Seva, the Russian short names for Sevastian, the Spanish Sevastián meaning, and the French short names for Sébastien. The shortenings name Basti meaning (German) and meaning of Bastien (French, German, and Spanish), and the familiar form name Bas origin (Dutch) are other foreign variants. Sebastian is popular as a baby boy name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1950s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2010, 0.311% of baby boys were named Sebastian. It was #68 in rank then. Out of all boy names in its family, Sebastian was the most commonly used in 2010.

List of baby names Sebastian:

the name Sebastion meaning, the English meaning of Sabastian, the French what does the name Sabastien mean, the name Sebasten name variations, the Spanish name Sebastián meaning, the French and German Sebastien meaning, the name Sebastyen pronounciation, the name Sebastyn name popularity, the Hungarian meaning of Sebestyen, the Hungarian what does the name Sebestyén mean, the Russian nicknames for Sevastian, the Dutch and German Sebastiaan name variations, the name what does the name Sebastiane mean, the Spanish meaning of Sevastián, the French Sébastien name, and the Italian and Spanish Sebastiano pronounciation.

The baby name Sebastian fun facts:

The name Sebastian in reverse order is "Naitsabes".

The numerological value of the name Sebastian is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Sebastian?

Sebastian is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.49%
20130.40%
20120.36%
20110.35%
20100.33%
20090.30%
20080.30%
20070.30%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames