Sebastian (name)
Sebastian |
Saint Sebastian is largely responsible for use of this name. |
Gender |
Male |
Origin |
Word/Name |
Latin and Greek |
Meaning |
"Venerable" |
Sebastian is a masculine given name. It comes from the Latin name Sebastianus meaning 'from Sebaste'. Sebaste is the name of a town in Asia Minor[1] (present-day Sivas), derived from the Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable",[2] which comes from σέβας (sebas), "awe, reverence, dread",[3] in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed".[4] Sebastos was the 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 98th most popular name for boys born in 2008. 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.[5]
Male variants
Feminine variants
Places
People
Sebastian is the given name of:
- Sebastian Ingrosso, Part of musical group Swedish House Mafia
- 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
- 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 Horsley, Artist and Dandy of England, wrote the Book 'Dandy in the Underworld'
- Sebastian Janikowski, Polish player in the National Football League (NFL) - American football
- Sebastian Karlsson (born 1985), Swedish singer
- Sebastian Świderski (born 1977), Polish volleyball player
- Sebastian Vettel, Formula One driver
- Sebastian Arce, Argentine tango dancer
- Sebastian Schleich, German particle physicist
- Sebastian Wiese (born 1972), German freestyle swimmer
- Sebastian Michaelis, Black Butler character
- Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and organist
- Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint martyred during the persecution of Christians in the 3rd century
- Sebastian Colloredo,Italian skijumper
- Sebastiaan van der Meer, is a Dutch teacher that won the teacher of the year 2006 award. His method let 98% of his students pass the central exames.
Sebastian is the surname of:
References
- ^ Sebaste, Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, on Perseus
- ^ σεβαστός, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ σέβας, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ σέβομαι, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ Behind the Name