Sebastian Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Boy Names Like Sebastian

Sebastian Name Origin: Greek
Pronunciation: sah-bass-j(in), sah-bass-tee-in
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Sebastian Name Meaning

Sebastian is a Greek name derived from sebastos, meaning “venerable” or “honorable.” The name is also linked to the Latin Sebastianus, meaning “from Sebaste.”

Sebastian is a refined choice among today’s boy names, standing out with his posh feel and substantial size. Male monikers are typically shorter in length and syllables, though Sebastian dares to be different like Maximilian, Benjamin, and Christopher. He’s also a surprising S name choice, similar to Silas, Samuel, and Seth.

Sebastian is a name that wears many hats, ranging from strong to soft depending on his use. He’s the perfect name for a poet but could just as easily fit a powerful politician. He’s versatile as can be though always debonair, earning extra attention with his use. While mighty and bold, Sebastian has an assortment of nicknames from the short Bast and Seb to the longer Bastian to help temper his heaviness for use earlier in life.

Notably, Sebastian was the name of a Christian martyr who went on to be granted sainthood by the Catholic Church. In Medieval times, Saint Sebastian was believed to protect those who worshiped him from the Plague. His likeness can be found throughout Medieval paintings due to this sudden interest.

Sebastian Name Popularity

How popular is the name Sebastian? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	0	0%
1911	—	11	0.003%
1912	—	23	0.0046%
1913	—	39	0.0069%
1914	—	52	0.0075%
1915	—	84	0.0092%
1916	—	106	0.011%
1917	—	97	0.0097%
1918	—	87	0.0081%
1919	—	101	0.0096%
1920	—	105	0.0094%
1921	—	102	0.0089%
1922	—	100	0.009%
1923	—	98	0.0087%
1924	—	110	0.0095%
1925	—	82	0.0073%
1926	—	107	0.0097%
1927	—	91	0.0082%
1928	—	105	0.0098%
1929	—	80	0.0077%
1930	—	80	0.0077%
1931	—	70	0.0071%
1932	—	65	0.0066%
1933	—	44	0.0047%
1934	—	51	0.0053%
1935	—	54	0.0056%
1936	—	46	0.0048%
1937	—	31	0.0031%
1938	—	51	0.005%
1939	—	37	0.0036%
1940	—	26	0.0024%
1941	—	38	0.0034%
1942	—	57	0.0045%
1943	—	33	0.0025%
1944	—	20	0.0016%
1945	—	31	0.0025%
1946	—	25	0.0017%
1947	—	37	0.0022%
1948	—	51	0.0032%
1949	—	23	0.0014%
1950	—	22	0.0014%
1951	—	23	0.0014%
1952	—	34	0.0019%
1953	—	33	0.0019%
1954	—	29	0.0016%
1955	—	27	0.0015%
1956	—	13	0.0007%
1957	—	18	0.0009%
1958	—	33	0.0017%
1959	—	19	0.001%
1960	—	49	0.0026%
1961	—	75	0.004%
1962	—	121	0.0066%
1963	—	70	0.0039%
1964	—	83	0.0047%
1965	—	70	0.0043%
1966	—	68	0.0044%
1967	—	79	0.0052%
1968	—	78	0.0052%
1969	—	82	0.0053%
1970	—	113	0.0071%
1971	—	145	0.0096%
1972	—	113	0.0083%
1973	—	90	0.0069%
1974	—	79	0.0061%
1975	—	85	0.0066%
1976	—	84	0.0065%
1977	—	65	0.0048%
1978	—	89	0.0066%
1979	—	78	0.0055%
1980	—	122	0.0083%
1981	—	137	0.0093%
1982	—	164	0.011%
1983	—	148	0.01%
1984	—	172	0.0116%
1985	—	228	0.015%
1986	—	222	0.0147%
1987	—	308	0.0202%
1988	—	355	0.0228%
1989	—	477	0.0296%
1990	—	756	0.0456%
1991	—	1,004	0.0616%
1992	—	1,252	0.0784%
1993	—	1,275	0.0818%
1994	—	1,279	0.0833%
1995	—	1,402	0.093%
1996	—	1,566	0.1046%
1997	—	1,742	0.1178%
1998	—	1,675	0.1119%
1999	—	2,359	0.1575%
2000	—	5,011	0.328%
2001	—	4,964	0.3295%
2002	—	5,130	0.3423%
2003	—	4,637	0.3048%
2004	—	4,509	0.2958%
2005	—	4,952	0.3239%
2006	—	6,274	0.4007%
2007	—	6,262	0.3969%
2008	—	6,019	0.3894%
2009	—	5,983	0.4003%
2010	—	6,351	0.4407%
2011	—	6,540	0.459%
2012	—	6,731	0.4723%
2013	—	7,541	0.5297%
2014	—	9,299	0.6382%
2015	—	9,608	0.6603%
2016	—	10,276	0.7127%
2017	—	10,136	0.7262%
2018	—	10,054	0.7318%
2019	—	9,828	0.726%
2020	—	8,843	0.6947%
2021	—	8,867	0.7254%
2022	—	9,254	0.7015%
2023	—	8,890	0.6869%

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Names Like Sebastian

If you like Sebastian, you’ll love these other names like Sebastian.

What names are diminutives of Sebastian?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Sebastian sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sebastian, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Bas	A diminutive form of Sebastian.	Latin
Bastian	A German form of Sebastian.	Latin
Bastien	Revered	Greek
Basty	A diminutive form of Sebastian.
Seb	Revered	Greek
Seba	A diminutive form of Sebastian.
Sebo	Revered	Greek

What names are variants of Sebastian?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Sebastian.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Sabastian	Revered	Greek
Sebastes	A variant form of Sebastian.
Sebastiano	Revered	Greek
Sebastiao	Variant of Sebastian	Portuguese
Sebastien	Revered	Greek
Sebastjan
Sebastos

Sebastyn	Honoured above all others	Latin
Sebestyen	Revered	Greek

What names sound like Sebastian?

If you like how Sebastian sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sebastian.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Sabas	“A man of serenity,” based on the Hebrew shovos, to rest.	Hebrew
Sabeeno	Sabine	Latin
Saber	Sword	French
Sabih	Handsome	Arabic
Sabin	Sabine	Latin
Sabino	Sabine	Latin
Sable	Black	French
Sebarino	West wind	Spanish

What names are similar to Sebastian?

Find a name that’s like Sebastian, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Adonis	Lord	Greek
Alexander	Defender of man	Greek
Christopher	Bearing Christ	English
Constantine	Constant, steadfast	Latin
Demitrius	Follower of Demeter	Greek

Estevan	Crown, garland	Spanish
Julian	Young at heart	Latin
Leonardo	Brave lion	Italian
Maximilian	Greatest	Latin
Theodore	God's gift	Greek

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Siblings of Sebastian

Mamas with kids named Sebastian also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Declan	Full of goodness	Irish
Kristopher	Bearing Christ	Scandinavian
Kristianna	Follower of Christ	Scandinavian
Lukas	From Lucania	German
Kegan	Small flame; ardent	Irish
Jocelynn	A member of the German tribe, the Gauts	German
Isabella	Devoted to God	Italian
Coty	Riverbank	French
Athena	Wise	Greek
Xander	Defender of man	Greek

Ashton	Ash tree town	English
Milena	Favored	Slavic
Nathaniel	God has given	Hebrew
Ameliana
Irene	Peace	Greek
Ezra	Help	Hebrew
Everleigh	Boar meadow	English
Elias	My God is Yahweh	Hebrew

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30 Comments

JL Jun 17 at 4:12 am

We wanted strong classic Spanish names for our twin boys. Nothing in the Top 100 (at the time), but nothing so unique that they are constantly spelling their names out or correcting pronunciation. We also didn’t want to choose matching names just because they were twins. Elias and Sebastian were two of the few names we both agreed on.

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Sebastian Mar 17 at 11:02 pm

i think my name is more Spanish than Greek. BTW i looked it up and Sebastian shaw is someone from an X-men movie. So we all ain’t just a disney crab

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Elisha Nov 29 at 8:57 am

Besides it being my great grandfathers name we felt Sebastian is a strong confident name. And our little boy is certainly strong!

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Hannah Jul 25 at 1:26 pm

We chose Sebastian because it was strong and unique, without sounding to out there. We loved the way it sounded with our chosen middle name as well; Edward. I don’t like that people associate it with the crab from the little mermaid.

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Veronica Nov 18 at 6:59 pm

We just liked the name! It means venerable, and since this is the first child for both sides of the family, he is certainly being venerated, lol.

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Farhan Maleq Sep 20 at 4:16 pm

But here comes Sebastian Vettel!

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Benyamin Apr 20 at 1:48 am

yes name is benhbn ii like ben its name

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Mama Feb 15 at 8:20 am

We just loved it. Middle name is a family name Thomas.
Our daughter is called Beatrice and we felt the names went well together!

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Rachel Feb 10 at 2:13 am

Honestly we just liked the way it sounded.

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WOOOO Dec 2 at 5:02 pm

SEBASTIAN FROM BLACK BUTLER!! (anime)

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Estefany Jan 28 at 9:14 am

We wanted something different for our sweet boy this name it’s just perfect

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Caroline Dec 18 at 9:14 am

Sebastian is our third baby. We already have Nathaniel and Ameliana. We prefer longer first names with meaning. Sebastian means venerable (honored for character and wisdom). We liked the sound of the name and also the meaning. I read a ton of baby name books, watched a lot of baby name videos on YouTube and used a bunch of baby name tools online.

We chose Jude (one who praises God) and Lowen (a Cornish name that means joyful or happy) as middle names.

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Rebecca Sep 1 at 1:20 am

I have always liked the name, it came from movie “the little mermaid”

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Lina Jun 29 at 8:06 am

Sebastian loves to eat

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- Sebastian Jan 11 at 8:33 am
  
  I do like to eat!
  
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  - sebastian Dec 22 at 1:21 pm
    
    me too!
    
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Lashay Baylis Jan 25 at 10:25 am

before I met my husband , I had a daughter out of wedlock so this is his first child and he always wanted a son named Sebastian so I let him pick it… I didn’t like it at first but now that I have him it has grown on me and I like his name now (-:

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Hiliary Nov 30 at 4:48 pm

We chose Sebastian from the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid. It is one of my all time favorites.

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- sebastian Dec 22 at 1:22 pm
  
  i dont like this movie
  
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  - Sebastian Jan 20 at 10:00 pm
    
    Don’t you wish our name be used on cooler characters? lol
    
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Katelin Aug 16 at 9:27 am

My husband and I both loved the name and we were watching a series and our favorite character was named Sebastian so when we got pregnant and found out it was a boy we just knew his name would be Sebastian.

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Alicia Jul 22 at 12:35 pm

Sebastian is a little bit of an old fashioned name. It also isn’t super common, at least not around me and I liked the way is went with my daughter’s name, Isabella. She liked that it’s a character in one of her favorite movies, The Little Mermaid. Ultimately I pictured myself talking to my baby Bash and even practiced calling his name out loud and it just felt right. When he was born, I looked at his little face and I knew Sebastian was definitely the right choice.

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Jurni Jul 9 at 10:44 am

It wouldn’t let me update it but he has a twin brother named Lukas .

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Dashea Jul 1 at 10:20 pm

It was the first name I thought of I love how powerful the name Sebastian is and the meaning behind it. What I do like is I’m going to have to teach my son how to spell his long name . I feel the name fits with my son very well.

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SarahJo Jun 7 at 10:32 am

My son’s dad named him Sebastian after the Little Mermaid. Lol I had a C-section and wasn’t going to name him Sebastian bc i hated it lol But he named him while I was still on pain meds. Now i adore it. It’s strong. He’s quite strong willed.

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Savannah Jun 5 at 5:54 am

I had his first name picked out until I came across “Sebastian” while looking for middle names. I absolutely fell in love with it and couldn’t be offered every dime in the world to change it. I stumbled upon it when reading the Social Security list of popular baby names in 2008. It was way way way down the list. I couldn’t see any other name. It was perfect. Sebastian is my sons name. I felt so deeply for his name just as I did with my 2 oldest children. That’s how i knew i was making the right choice. I love how it’s not a super popular name that every other child has

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Lindsay Apr 13 at 3:47 pm

My husband and I have a love of travel. Our latest trip to San Sebastian, Spain was when we decided to grow our family – and then little Sebastian was on his way! We love that it sounds the same in multiple languages and is inspired by one of our favorite places on earth. We call him “Seb” for short.

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- Sebastian Yuetian Lin Sep 18 at 12:03 pm
  
  My name is Sebastian
  
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  - Sebastian Williams Oct 21 at 5:01 am
    
    Me too!
    
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    - Sebastian Haynes Dec 22 at 1:24 pm
      
      wow same
      
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