Sebastian is a given name. It comes from the Latin name Sebastianus meaning "from Sebastia", the ancient name of the city of Sivas, in modern Turkey. The name of the city is derived from the Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable", which comes from σέβας (sebas), "awe, reverence, dread", in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed". 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, and was the 59th most popular name for boys born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007.
Bas, Bastiaan, Sebas, Sebastiaan (Dutch), (Low Saxon)
Baschi (Swiss)
Basse, Sebba, Sebbe (Swedish)
Basti, Bastian, Sebastian, Seb, Sebb, Seby, Sebby, Sebbie (English)
Basti, Bastian, Sebastian (German)
Bastián, Sebastián (Galician)
Bastiano, Sebastiano, Sab (Italian)
Bastjan (Maltese)
Boštjan, Sebastijan (Slovene)
Sebas, Sebastián (Spanish)
Sebastià (Catalan)
Sebastian (Romanian)
Sebastian, Seba (Polish)
Sebastião (Portuguese)
Sébastien, Bastien (French)
Sebastián (Slovak)
Sebaščan (Prekmurje dialect of Slovene)
Sebastijan (Croatian)
Sebestyén, Sebes, Sebő, Szebasztián (Hungarian)
Σεβαστός (Sevastos), Σεβαστιανός (Sevastianos), Σεβαστίνος (Sevastinos) (Greek)
Севастьян (Sevast′jan) (Russian)
Себастијан (Sebastijan) (Serbian)
Севастијан (Sevastijan) (Macedonian)
セバスチャン (Sebasuchan) (Japanese)
செவத்தியான், செபஸ்டீன், செபசுதீன் (Sevaththiyan,Sebastin, Sebasudin, Tamil)
ദേവസി, സെബസ്ത്യാനോസ് ("Sibu", "Devassy","Sebastianos", Devassy is sometimes translated to English as Davis, which is a common English Surname of a different meaning, Malayalam)
Sebastiyan (Turkish)
Bastiana, Sebastiana (Portuguese), (Italian), (Spanish)
Bastina, Bastienne, Sébastienne, Seva (French)
Sebastianella (Australian)
Σεβαστή (Sevasti) (Greek)
Sebastian is the given name of:
Sebastian, Danish musician
Sebastian (rapper), brother of Timbaland
Saint Sebastian, a Christian saint martyred in the 3rd century
Sebastian of Portugal (1554–1578), the sixteenth king of Portugal and the Algarves
Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811–1875), Infante of Portugal (1811) and Infante of Spain (1824)
Sebastian Akchoté, Electro musician on French label Ed Banger, also known as SebastiAn
Sebastian Bach, Canadian heavy metal singer, former member of Skid Row
Sebastian Bodu, Romanian politician
Sebastian Cabot (c. 1484 – 1557, or soon after), originally Sebastiano Caboto, Italian explorer
Sebastian Cabot (1918 – 1977), British actor
Sebastian Coe, British track and field athlete and Conservative Member of Parliament
Sebastian Colloredo, Italian ski-jumper
Sebastian Dance, British politician
Sebastian Faulks, British author
Sebastian Fülle, German basketballer
Sebastian Horsley, English artist
Sebastian Ingrosso, Part of musical group Swedish House Mafia
Sebastian Janikowski, Polish player in the National Football League (NFL)
Sebastian Karlsson (singer) (born 1985), Swedish singer
Sebastián Kindelán y Oregón (1763–1836), Spanish colonel of the Spanish Army and governor of East Florida, the Dominican Republic and Cuba
Sébastien Loeb, Rally car driver, 9 times world champion
Sebastian Melmoth, Oscar Wilde's pseudonym during his exile in France
Sebastien Michaelis, French Inquisitor
Sebastian Papaiani, Romanian actor
Sebastian Pasquali, Australian footballer
Sebastian Pishock, Screenwriter
Sebastián Prieto (born 1975), Argentinian professional tennis player
Sebastian Rode (born 1990), German football player
Sebastian Świderski (born 1977), Polish volleyball player
Sebastian Seeman, an Indian Tamil film director and actor
Sebastian Stan (born 1982), Romanian-American actor
Sebastian Telfair, Professional basketball player
Sebastian Vettel, Formula One driver
Sebastian Wiese (born 1972), German freestyle swimmer
Sebastian is the middle name of:
Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, critic and art theorist
Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer and organist
Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 1955), British actor
Samuel Sebastian Wesley, English composer and organist
Sebastian is the surname of:
Dorothy Sebastian, American silent film actress
Guy Sebastian, winner of the 2003 (first) series of Australian Idol
Joan Sebastian, Mexican pop singer, actor
John Sebastian (1914 − 1980), American classical harmonica player and composer
John Sebastian (born 1944), American songwriter, member of the Lovin' Spoonful
Mihail Sebastian, Romanian writer
Robin Sebastian, British actor
Mr. Sebastian, a fictional codebreaker who is the main character in the 1968 film Sebastian
Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian, a fictional crab featured in the 1989 film The Little Mermaid and related works
Lord Sebastian Flyte, Brideshead Revisited character
Sebastian Michaelis, a demon/butler from the manga and anime Kuroshitsuji, a Black Butler main character
Sebastian Vael, Prince of Starkhaven in Dragon Age II
Sebastian Hawks from Mike Leighs movie Naked (1993)
Colonel Sebastian Moran, Sherlock Holmes character
Bastian Balthazar Bux, fictional lead in The Neverending Story series
Sebastian Monroe, fictional President in Revolution
Sebastian Smythe, Glee (Warbler character)
Sebastian 'Bash' de Poitiers, a fictional character in Reign
J.F. Sebastian from Blade Runner (1982)
Sebastian Valmont from Cruel Intentions (1999)
Sebastian De Rosa, fictional character in Alien vs. Predator
Sebastian Verlac, from The Mortal Instruments series
Sebastian, the true name of the Narrator from the novel and film Fight Club
Sebastian Kydd, Carrie's love interest in The Carrie Diaries
