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Sebastian
say it seh-bahs-tyan
What Sebastian means
- Latin and Greek man from Sebaste; Greek sebastos, venerable Christian saint: St Sebastian, 3rd-century Roman martyr
- Spanish, Greek, Latin and Polish venerable; man from Sebaste Christian saint: St Sebastian, Roman soldier-martyr
How popular it is
In the top 100 in 14 countries.
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 1 in Venezuela (2011)
- no. 2 in Estonia (2022)
- no. 3 in Mexico (2021)
- no. 5 in Puerto Rico (2022)
- no. 13 in the US (2024)
- no. 27 in Chile (2021)
- no. 27 in Norway (2020)
- no. 29 in Austria (2020)
In the United States it was most popular around 2020.
Other forms
Sebastian, Sebastiano, Bastien, Sebestyén, Sebastien, Bastián
Names with a similar meaning
Lucas Luca Luke Adrian Lukas Luka Gabin Peyton Brodie Darcy Braxton Melvin
Sebastian in stories
- Black Butler: Sebastian Michaelis, the demon butler
- Stardew Valley: Sebastian, the moody programmer in the basement
- Twelfth Night: Sebastian, Viola's lost twin brother
- The Little Mermaid: Sebastian, the crab court composer
- Brideshead Revisited: Sebastian Flyte, the charming doomed aristocrat
- The Little Mermaid: Sebastian, the court composer crab