Sebastian

Origin: Greek
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since 1880

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<100 Naitsabes
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279k Alex
5.2m James
1.9m Daniel
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Origin and Meaning of Sebastian

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Greek

30%

Spanish

20%

English

20%

Turkish

10%

Hebrew

10%

Roman

10%

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A submission from Texas, United States says the name Sebastian means "God-like" and is of Roman origin.
A submission from South Africa says the name Sebastian means "Blessed by god" and is of Greek origin.
A submission from Germany says the name Sebastian means "Greek for Auguste (lat.), meaning: the sublime one" and is of Greek origin.

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From Latin Sebastianus, name of an early and possibly legendary Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebasta in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Î£ÎµÎ²Î±ÏƒÏ„ÏŒÏ‚ (SebastÃ³s, â€œaugust, venerable, exaltedâ€), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.

A male given name.

Sebastian was also found in the following language(s): Danish, Faroese, German, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish

Notable Persons Named Sebastian

Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan is an actor. He was most prominent from 2003 to present. Sebastian was born on August 13th, 1982 in Constanța, Romania.

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Sebastián Marroquín

Sebastián Marroquín is an architect and author. Sebastián was given the name Juan Pablo Escobar by his parent Pablo Escobar in 1977 in Medellín.

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Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel is a formula one racer.

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Sebastian Giovinco

Sebastian Giovinco is a soccer player for the Toronto FC, Juventus F.C., Empoli F.C., S.S.D. Parma Calcio 1913, Italy national under-21 football team, Italy at the Olympics, and Italy national football team. Sebastian was born on January 26th, 1987 in Turin, Italy.

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Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach is a heavy metal music, hard rock, progressive metal, glam metal, country rock, thrash metal, and speed metal musician. He plays Guitar and Vocals. His ongoing career started in 1983. Sebastian was given the name Sebastian Philip Bierk on April 3rd, 1968 in Freeport, Bahamas.

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Sebastian Hiram Shaw

Sebastian Hiram Shaw is a comics character.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Sebastian

Madonna Sebastian

Madonna Sebastian is an actor, singing, film actress, and singer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 2015 to present. Madonna was born in Kochi.

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Joan Sebastian

Joan Sebastian was a banda (music), ranchera, latin ballad, and mariachi musician. He plays Guitar and Vocals. He was most prominent from 1977 to 2015. Joan was given the name José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa on April 8th, 1951 in Juliantla, Guerrero, Mexico. He passed away on July 13th, 2015.

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John Sebastian

John Sebastian is a rock, pop, folk, blues, and folk music musician. He plays Vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, and autoharp. He holds the title Welcome Back". He was most active from 1964 to present. John was given the name John Benson Sebastian on March 17th, 1944 in Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, U,S. John is also known as G. Puglese.

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Guy Sebastian

Guy Sebastian is a singer-songwriter, producer, and record producer. He holds the title Gimme Some Lovin'". Guy was given the name Guy Theodore Sebastian on October 26th, 1981 in Klang (city).

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Sebastian

Sebastian is a fictional character.

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Toby Sebastian

Toby Sebastian is an actor. He was most prominent from 2012 to present. Toby was given the name Toby Pugh on February 26th, 1992 in Oxford.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born	Ranking
1881	6	0	6
1882	10	0	10
1885	5	0	5
1886	7	0	7
1889	6	0	6
1892	11	0	11
1894	5	0	5
1895	8	0	8
1896	5	0	5
1898	8	0	8
1899	6	0	6
1901	8	0	8
1902	5	0	5
1903	11	0	11
1904	9	0	9
1905	10	0	10
1906	5	0	5
1907	12	0	12
1908	15	0	15
1909	14	0	14
1910	14	0	14
1911	20	0	20
1912	51	0	51
1913	63	0	63
1914	82	0	82
1915	112	0	112
1916	134	0	134
1917	122	0	122
1918	114	0	114
1919	126	0	126
1920	139	0	139
1921	130	0	130
1922	127	0	127
1923	130	0	130
1924	137	0	137
1925	108	0	108
1926	132	0	132
1927	104	0	104
1928	127	0	127
1929	97	0	97
1930	113	0	113
1931	94	0	94
1932	87	0	87
1933	75	0	75
1934	81	0	81
1935	79	0	79
1936	65	0	65
1937	61	0	61
1938	65	0	65
1939	53	0	53
1940	51	0	51
1941	60	0	60
1942	77	0	77
1943	60	0	60
1944	47	0	47
1945	47	0	47
1946	55	0	55
1947	56	0	56
1948	70	0	70
1949	51	0	51
1950	42	0	42
1951	44	0	44
1952	51	0	51
1953	52	0	52
1954	46	0	46
1955	56	0	56
1956	42	0	42
1957	50	0	50
1958	63	0	63
1959	53	0	53
1960	70	0	70
1961	106	0	106
1962	151	0	151
1963	109	0	109
1964	131	0	131
1965	104	0	104
1966	99	0	99
1967	117	0	117
1968	116	0	116
1969	116	0	116
1970	164	0	164
1971	188	0	188
1972	154	0	154
1973	130	0	130
1974	125	0	125
1975	127	0	127
1976	123	0	123
1977	125	0	125
1978	143	0	143
1979	137	0	137
1980	171	5	166
1981	175	0	175
1982	218	0	218
1983	193	0	193
1984	241	0	241
1985	288	0	288
1986	279	0	279
1987	354	0	354
1988	401	7	394
1989	522	5	517
1990	791	0	791
1991	1,043	11	1,032
1992	1,302	8	1,294
1993	1,307	0	1,307
1994	1,309	7	1,302
1995	1,442	10	1,432
1996	1,593	5	1,588
1997	1,773	6	1,767
1998	1,704	7	1,697
1999	2,388	11	2,377
2000	5,036	9	5,027	#81 boy name
2001	4,988	10	4,978	#81 boy name
2002	5,155	18	5,137	#80 boy name
2003	4,655	9	4,646	#93 boy name
2004	4,545	25	4,520	#97 boy name
2005	4,964	12	4,952	#86 boy name
2006	6,299	18	6,281	#76 boy name
2007	6,283	13	6,270	#73 boy name
2008	6,047	13	6,034	#74 boy name
2009	5,996	7	5,989	#70 boy name
2010	6,363	6	6,357	#68 boy name
2011	6,554	11	6,543	#68 boy name
2012	6,744	13	6,731	#64 boy name
2013	7,552	7	7,545	#46 boy name
2014	9,312	9	9,303	#34 boy name
2015	9,629	21	9,608	#35 boy name
2016	10,292	16	10,276	#24 boy name
2017	10,149	13	10,136	#22 boy name

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Popularity of Sebastian as a first name

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Popularity of Sebastian as a last name

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Rodriguez
Russo
Martinez
Hernandez
Marino
Garcia
Torres
Gonzalez
Dimauro
Rivera
Ramirez
Perez
Sanchez
Smith

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Sebastian	U.S.
█	White	51.79%	64.26%
█	African American	3.06%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	15.37%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.95%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.79%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	27.04%	16.26%

Of Last Name Sebastian

People with the last name Sebastian are most frequently White, Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino

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Fun Facts about the name Sebastian

What name lists does Sebastian rank for?

#43 Boy Name of the 2010s

#20 Modern Boy Names

#1 Boy Names Unique to Florida

#8 Boy Names Unique to Nevada
How Popular is the name Sebastian? Sebastian is the 494^th most popular name of all time. In 2017 Sebastian was the 22^nd most popular name. As a last name Sebastian was the 2,586^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Sebastian have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 144,673 babies born with the first name Sebastian in the United States. That's more than enough people named Sebastian to occupy the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with an estimated population of 109,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Sebastian? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1881 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
When was Sebastian first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Sebastian is Wednesday, July 31st, 1867.
What year had the most people named Sebastian born? The highest recorded use of the first name Sebastian was in 2016 with a total of 10,276 babies. That's a lot of babies named Sebastian!
Random Sebastian Factoid: According to the 2012 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Sebastian ranks 30^th in popularity as a baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, 1,455 babies in California have the same name as you in 2012.
Weird things about the name Sebastian: Your name in reverse order is Naitsabes. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Etsaisbna. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Sebastian? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 13,934 people with the last name Sebastian.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Sebastian? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 5 of them will have Sebastian as their last name.