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[[Image:Clown chili peppers.jpg|thumb|150px|Sebastian Nilsson.]]
[[Image:Clown chili peppers.jpg|thumb|150px|Sebastian Nilsson.]]
[[Image:Alien (1979) - The Alien.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Sebastian Nilsson in his true form]]


==Male variants==
==Male variants==

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Sebastian
File:Sodoma Sebastian.jpg
Saint Sebastian is largely responsible for use of this name.
Gendermale
Origin
Word/nameLatin via Greek
Meaning"venerable"

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]


Sebastian Nilsson.
File:Alien (1979) - The Alien.jpg
Sebastian Nilsson in his true form

Male variants

Feminine variants

Sebastian is the given name of:

Sebastian is the surname of:

Notes

  1. ^ Behind the Name
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