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Sébastien
Say it: say-bas-TYAN
Meaning
From Latin Sebastianus 'from Sebaste', from Greek sebastos 'venerable'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A saint's name that was very popular in France in the 1970s–80s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 3,612 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 2007, about 1 in 11,700 boys
- 59 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Sebastian |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Sebastiaan |
| Italian | Sebastiano |
Famous bearers
- Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, military engineer
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.