Sebastian (name)

Sebastian is a given name. It comes from the Greek name Sebastianos (Σεβαστιανός) meaning "from Sebastia" (Σεβάστεια), which was the name of the city now known as Sivas, located in the central portion of what is now Turkey; in Western Europe the name comes through the Latinized intermediary Sebastianus.[1][2] The name of the city is derived from the Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable",[3] which comes from σέβας (sebas), "awe, reverence, dread",[4] in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed".[5] Sebastos was the Greek calque of the title Augustus, which was used for Roman emperors. Sebastian became a widely used name because it was the name of Saint Sebastian, a third-century Christian martyr.

Saint Sebastian Moses in Ilpendam North-Holland.
Sebastian
Saint Sebastian is largely responsible for use of this name.
Pronunciation/səˈbæstʃən/
German: [zeˈbasti̯an]
Romanian: [sebastiˈan]
Spanish: [seβasˈtjan]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameLatin and Greek
Meaning"from Sebastia", "Augustus"
Other names
Related namesSebastián, Sébastien, Sebastião, Bastian, Bastien, Bas, Augustus

The name has been increasing in popularity in different countries. In the United States, it was the 98th most popular name for boys born in 2008. It was the 86th most popular name for boys born in England and Wales in 2007, the 38th most popular name for boys born in Sweden in 2007, the 13th most popular name for boys born in Norway in 2007, the fifth most popular name for boys born in Chile in 2006, and was the 59th most popular name for boys born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007.[6]

Variants
  • Croatian: Sebastijan,
  • Czech: Sebastián, Šebestián
  • Danish: Sebastian
  • Dutch: Bas (diminutive), Sebastiaan, Bastiaan (diminutive)
  • English: Bastian, Sebastian
  • Finnish: Sebastian, Sepi, Seppo (diminutive)
  • French: Bastien, Sébastien, Sébastienne (feminine)
  • German: Bastian, Sebastian
  • Greek: Sebastianos (Σεβαστιανός)
  • Hungarian: Sebestyén
  • Italian: Sebastiana (feminine), Sebastiano
  • Latin: Sebastianus
  • Lithuanian: Sebastijonas
  • Malaylam: Devasia, Devasya (ദേവസ്യാ)
  • Maltese: Bastjan
  • Portuguese: Sebastião
  • Russian: Sevastian (Cyrillic: Севастьян), Sevastyan
  • Sicilian: Bastianu
  • Slovene: Boštjan, Sebastijan, Sebastjan
  • Spanish: Sebastián
  • Swahili: Sebastiani
  • Vietnamese: Sêbastianô
Saint Sebastian in Bamberg

People

Given name

Surname

Other
  • Belle & Sebastian, Scottish band

Fictional characters
  • Sebastian (The Little Mermaid), a fictional crab featured in The Little Mermaid (1989) and related works
  • Sebastian (Twelfth Night), one of the main characters from William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
  • Sebastian, the true name of the Narrator from the novel and film Fight Club
  • Sebastian, Alexandra Cabot's cat in the Josie and the Pussycats comic book cartoon series
  • Sebastian, freelance programmer and bachelor from the video game Stardew Valley
  • Sebastian, Lili De Rochefort's butler in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection
  • Sebastian, a character in William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest
  • Sebastian Beach, the butler of Lord Emsworth and his family in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Bastian Balthazar Bux, fictional lead in The Neverending Story series
  • Sebastian Castellanos, the main character in The Evil Within series
  • Sebastian "Bash" de Poitiers, a fictional character in Reign
  • Sebastian De Rosa, fictional character in Alien vs. Predator
  • Lord Sebastian Flyte, a character in Evelyn Waugh's novel, Brideshead Revisited
  • Sebastian Hawks from Mike Leigh's movie Naked (1993)
  • Sebastian Kydd, Carrie's love interest in The Carrie Diaries
  • Sebastian LaCroix, leader of the L.A Camarilla in the video game Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
  • Sebastian Michaelis, the demonic butler from the manga and anime Kuroshitsuji, a Black Butler main character
  • Bass Monroe, nickname of Sebastian Monroe, the fictional President in Revolution
  • Colonel Sebastian Moran, a Sherlock Holmes villain
  • Hector Sebastian, fictional writer, who supposedly narrated later episodes of the Three Investigators
  • J.F. Sebastian from Blade Runner (1982)
  • Mr. Sebastian, a fictional codebreaker who is the main character in the film Sebastian (1968)
  • Serena Sebastian, the English name of the anime character Sonoko Suzuki in the English adaptations of Detective Conan (Case Closed)
  • Sebastian Shaw (comics), supervillain from Marvel Comics
  • Sebastian Smythe, recurring character in the 3rd and 4th season of Glee
  • Sebas Tian, the head butler in the anime and light novel Overlord
  • Sebastian Vael, Prince of Starkhaven in Dragon Age II
  • Sebastian Valmont, character in the film Cruel Intentions (1999)
  • Sebastian Verlac, character in Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series novel City of Glass
  • Sebastian Wilder from the film La La Land (2016)
  • Sebastian Becker, main character in the Sebastian Becker series of novels by Stephen Gallagher - The Kingdom of Bones (2007), The Bedlam Detective (2012) and The Authentic William James (2016)
  • Sebastian "Bash" Lacroix, main character in the Canadian television show Anne with an E (2017-2019)

Mascots

References
  1. Julia Cresswell (5 November 2007). Naming Your Baby: The Definitive Dictionary of First Names. A&C Black. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-7136-8313-4.
  2. Davis, J. Madison (1995). The Shakespeare Name and Place Dictionary. Routledge. p. 444. ISBN 978-1-884964-17-6.
  3. σεβαστός, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  4. σέβας, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  5. σέβομαι, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  6. Behind the Name
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