Sebastian

From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.

• IPA^(key): /səˈbæst͡ʃən/
• (UK, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /sɪˈbæsti.ən/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): (variant) /sɪˈbæs.tʃən/

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• Hyphenation: Se‧bas‧ti‧an

Sebastian

1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
   • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Of Messaline: Sebastian was my father; / Such a Sebastian was my brother too, / So went he suited to his watery tomb.

   • 1968, Robin Maugham, The Second Window, McGraw - Hill, page 275:

     I was hoping the man would have some romantic name like Sebastian or Julian. However, as a surname Fletcher's all right.

   • 2016, Nathan Hill, The Nix: A novel, Vintage, →ISBN, page 596:

     “She was a new student. I was a counterculture hero. Back then I went by a different name. Sebastian. Sexy, right? And so much better than Guy. You can't be a counterculture hero and a Guy. That name is way too average. […]

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• basanites, bassanite

From Latin Sebastianus.

Sebastian

1. a male given name

• Bastian (diminutive)

Sebastian m

1. a male given name

• Sebastiansson (son of Sebastian) (patronymic)
• Sebastiansdóttir (daughter of Sebastian) (patronymic)
• Bastian (diminutive)

From Latin Sebastianus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsebɑstiɑn/, [ˈs̠e̞bɑ̝s̠ˌtiɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -iɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Se‧bas‧ti‧an

Sebastian

1. a male given name

• Sebastian is the 191^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,250 male individuals (and as a middle name to 11,620 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs to 5 female individuals (and as a middle name to 22 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

From Latin Sebastiānus.

• IPA^(key): /zeˈbasti̯an/

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• Hyphenation: Se‧bas‧ti‧an; pre-1996: Se‧ba‧sti‧an

Sebastian

1. a male given name

• Sebastienne (feminine form)

• Bastian (diminutive)

From Latin Sebastianus. Recorded as a given name in Norway since the 17th century.

Sebastian

1. a male given name

From Latin Sebastianus.

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈbas.tjan/

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• Rhymes: -astjan
• Syllabification: Se‧bas‧tian

Sebastian m

1. a male given name

Borrowed from Italian Sebastiano, from Latin Sebastianus.

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Sebastian m (genitive/dative lui Sebastian)

1. a surname

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

From Latin Sebastianus.

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Sebastian c (genitive Sebastians)

1. a male given name

• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 34 292 males with the given name Sebastian living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.