Sebastian (name)

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Sebastian
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Saint Sebastian
PronunciationEnglish: /sɪˈbæstʃən/ sib-AS-chən, UK also /sɪˈbæstiən/ sib-AST-ee-ən
German: [zeˈbasti̯a(ː)n]
Romanian: [sebastiˈan]
Spanish: [seβasˈtjan]
GenderMale
Origin
LanguageGreek
Meaning"from Sebastia", "Augustus"
Other names
Related namesSebastiaan, Sebastiano, Sébastien, Sebastião, Bastiaan, Bastian, Bastien, Bas, Augustus, Austin

Sebastian or Sebastiæn is both a given name and a surname.

It comes from the Greek name Sebastianos (Σεβαστιανός) meaning "from Sebastia" (Σεβάστεια), which was the name of the city now known as Sivas, located in the central portion of what is now Turkey; in Western Europe the name comes through the Latinized intermediary Sebastianus.[1][2] It was a name of ancient Greek origin, given to children not born free and found on the streets of Sebastia. The name of the city is derived from the Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable",[3] which comes from σέβας sebas, "awe, reverence, dread",[4] in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed".[5] Sebastos was the Greek calque 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.

Sébastien/Sebastien are related names.

Notable people and characters named Sebastian or Sebastián include:

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Saint Sebastian in Ilpendam, Netherlands
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Saint Sebastian in Bamberg, Germany

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  3. ^ σεβαστός, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  4. ^ σέβας, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
  5. ^ σέβομαι, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
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