Sebastian

See also: Sebastián

English

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus, name of an early and possibly legendary 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈbæstʃən/

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Proper noun

Sebastian

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1599 William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1:

     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. […]

Derived terms

• Bastian
• Seb

Translations

given name

• Catalan: Sebastià (ca) m
• Czech: Šebestián m
• Danish: Sebastian
• Dutch: Sebastiaan (nl)
• French: Sébastien (fr)
• German: Sebastian (de)
• Hungarian: Sebestyén (hu)
• Italian: Sebastiano (it)
• Macedonian: Себастијан m (Sebastijan)
• Norwegian: Sebastian (no)
• Persian: سباستین (sebâstiyan)
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• Polish: Sebastian (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sebastião (pt) m
• Romanian: Sebastian m
• Russian: Севастья́н m (Sevastʹján), Севастиа́н m (Sevastián), Себастья́н (ru) m (Sebastʹján)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Bosćij m

• Spanish: Sebastián (es)
• Swedish: Sebastian (sv)
• Venetian: Bastian (vec) m

Anagrams

• basanites, bassanite

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Proper noun

Sebastian

1. a male given name.

Derived terms

• Bastian (diminutive)

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Faroese

Proper noun

Sebastian m

1. a male given name.

Derived terms

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

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Sebastian
Accusative	Sebastian
Dative	Sebastiani
Genitive	Sebastians

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German

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sebastian

1. a male given name.

Coordinate terms

• Sebastienne (feminine form)

Derived terms

• Bastian (diminutive)

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sebastian

1. a male given name.

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //sɛˈbas.tjan//

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Proper noun

Sebastian m

1. a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Sebastian

	singular	plural
nominative	Sebastian	Sebastianowie
genitive	Sebastiana	Sebastianów
dative	Sebastianowi	Sebastianom
accusative	Sebastiana	Sebastianów
instrumental	Sebastianem	Sebastianami
locative	Sebastianie	Sebastianach
vocative	Sebastianie	Sebastianowie

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Proper noun

Sebastian c (genitive Sebastians)

1. a male given name.

References

• [1] 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.