Meaning: Its source is Sebastos, a Greek name meaning "Revered."

Languages: This boy's name is used in English, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

Nicknames: Seb and Bas

Alternative Spellings: Sabastian

Non-English Forms: Sebastiano, Sebastien, Sevastián, Sébastien, Sebestyen, Sebastjan, Sevastian and Sebastiao

Source Forms: Sebastos and Sevastianos

Popularity: The name Sebastian ranked 80th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 677th in popularity for males of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Narrative: The original form of this name designated those from a particular city (some say a region) of Asia minor, whose Greek name was a translation of the Latin imperial title Augustus.

The Christian St. Sebastian was probably a native of that place.