Gender: Boy
Meaning: From Sebastia; venerable; revered
Origin: Latin Sebastianus — from the Greek city of Sebasteia (modern Sivas, Turkey), from sebastos (venerable, august)
Popularity: Ranked #14 in 2024 with 8,562 babies born.
History: Sebastian was a 3rd-century Roman soldier who converted to Christianity and was martyred under Emperor Diocletian — his story became one of the most depicted in Renaissance art. The name has been used across Catholic Europe for centuries, especially in Spain, Germany, and Poland. In the United States it began climbing in the 2000s and entered the top 25 by the 2010s, part of the broader embrace of longer, romantic European names. Sebastian from Disney's The Little Mermaid gave it a charming animated boost for a whole generation.
Famous people named Sebastian: Sebastian Bach (composer), Sebastian Stan (actor), Sebastian Vettel (F1 driver)
Name length: 9 letters
How common is Sebastian? About 1 in 388 babies born in 2024 were named Sebastian, or roughly 23.5 per day in the United States.
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