Sebastian (name)

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Sebastian Given Name
Saint Sebastian is largely responsible for use of this name.
Gender	male
Meaning	"venerable"
Origin	Latin via Greek
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Sebastian

Sebastian is a given name derived from a Latin name meaning "from Sebaste." The name of the town in Asia Minor was derived from the Greek σεβαστος, or sebastos, meaning "venerable." This was a Greek translation 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.

The name has been increasing in popularity in different countries. In the United States, it was the 71st most popular name for boys born in 2007. 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, It was the 59th most popular name for boys born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007.^[1]

[edit] Male variants

• Bas (Dutch)
• Basti (English)
• Bastiaan (Dutch), (Low Saxon)
• Bastian (English), (German)
• Bastiano (Italian)
• Bastião (Portuguese)
• Bastien (French)
• Boštjan (Slovene)
• Sebastiaan (Dutch)
• Sebastián (Spanish)
• Sebastiano (Italian)
• Sebastião (Portuguese)
• Sébastien (French)
• Sebastijan (Slovene)
• Sebastjan (Slovene)
• Sebestyén (Hungarian)
• Seb (English)
• Seby (English)
• Sebby (English)
• Sebo (Hungarian)
• Sepi (Finnish)
• Seppo (Finnish)
• Sebastian (Romanian)
• Sevastian (Russian)
• Sevastyan (Russian)
• Steb (English)
• Sebi (English)
• Sabs (English)
• Saje (English)

[edit] Feminine variants

• Bastiana (Italian), (Spanish)
• Bastienne (French)
• Bastina (French)
• Sebastiana (Italian), (Spanish)
• Sébastienne (French)
• Seva (French)

Sebastian is the given name of:

• Sebastian Cabot, British actor
• Sebastian of Portugal, The sixteenth king of Portugal and the Algarves
• Sebastian (1968 film)
• Sebastian Akchoté, Electro musician on french label Ed Banger, also known as SebastiAn
• Sebastian (musician), danish musician
• Sebastian (rapper), brother of Timbaland
• Sebastian Bach, Canadian heavy metal singer, former member of Skid Row
• Sébastien Bourdais, Formula One driver (ex-four time Champ Car champion)
• Sebastian Cabot (c. 1484 – 1557, or soon after), originally Sebastiano Caboto, Italian explorer
• Sebastian Coe, British track and field athlete and Conservative Member of Parliament
• Sebastian Janikowski, American football player
• Sebastian Karlsson (born 1985), Swedish singer
• Sebastian Świderski (born 1977), Polish volleyball player
• Sebastien Vettel, Formula One driver
• Sebastian Wiese (born 1972), German freestyle swimmer
• Jean-Sébastien Giguère, Canadian ice hockey player
• Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and organist
• Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint martyred during the persecution of Christians in the 3rd century

Sebastian is the surname of:

• Dorothy Sebastian, American silent film actress
• Guy Sebastian, winner of the 2003 (first) series of Australian Idol
• Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, a fictional crab featured in the 1989 film The Little Mermaid and related works
• Joan Sebastian, Mexican pop singer, actor
• John Sebastian, American songwriter, member of the Lovin' Spoonful
• Mihail Sebastian, Romanian writer
• Robin Sebastian, British actor

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