Sebastian

See also: Sebastián

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˈbæst͡ʃən/
Audio (UK) (file)
Hyphenation: Se‧bas‧ti‧an

Proper noun

Sebastian

A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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. […]

Derived terms

Bastian
Seb

Translations

given name

Catalan: Sebastià (ca) m
Czech: Šebestián m
Danish: Sebastian
Dutch: Sebastiaan (nl)
Esperanto: Sebastiano
French: Sébastien (fr)
German: Sebastian (de)
Greek: Σεβαστός (el) m (Sevastós)
Hungarian: Sebestyén (hu)
Italian: Sebastiano (it)
Macedonian: Себастијан m (Sebastijan)
Norwegian: Sebastian (no)
Occitan: Sebastian
Persian: سباستین‎ (sebâstiyan)
Polish: Sebastian (pl) m
Portuguese: Sebastião (pt) m
Romanian: Sebastian m
Russian: Севастья́н m (Sevastʹján), Севастиа́н m (Sevastián), Себастья́н (ru) m (Sebastʹján)
Sicilian: Bastianu, Vastianu
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: Bosćij m
Spanish: Sebastián (es)
Swedish: Sebastian (sv)
Venetian: Bastian (vec) m

Anagrams

basanites, bassanite

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Proper noun

Sebastian

a male given name

Derived terms

Bastian (diminutive)

Faroese

Proper noun

Sebastian m

a male given name

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Sebastian
Accusative	Sebastian
Dative	Sebastiani
Genitive	Sebastians

Derived terms

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

German

Etymology

From Latin Sebastiānus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zeˈbasti̯an/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Se‧bas‧ti‧an; pre-1996: Se‧ba‧sti‧an

Proper noun

Sebastian

a male given name

Coordinate terms

Sebastienne (feminine form)

Derived terms

Bastian (diminutive)

Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sebastian

a male given name

Polish

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛˈbas.tjan/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -astjan
Syllabification: Se‧bas‧tian

Proper noun

Sebastian m

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian Sebastiano, from Latin Sebastianus.

Proper noun

Sebastian m (genitive/dative lui Sebastian)

a surname

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Sebastianus.

Proper noun

Sebastian c (genitive Sebastians)

a male given name

References

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.