Sebastian is both a
given name and a
surname. It comes from the
Greek name Sebastianos (Σεβαστιανός) meaning "from Sebastia" (Σεβάστεια), which was the name of the city now known as
Sivas, located in the central portion of what is now Turkey; in Western Europe the name comes through the
Latinized intermediary Sebastianus.[1][2] It was a name of ancient Greek origin, given to children not born free and found on the streets of Sebastia. The name of the city is derived from the
Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable",[3] which comes from σέβας (sebas), "awe, reverence, dread",[4] in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed".[5]Sebastos was the Greek
calque of the title Augustus, which was used for Roman emperors. Sebastian became a widely used name because it was the name of
Saint Sebastian, a third-century
Christian martyr.
Sebastian, in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
Sebastian Beach, the butler of Lord Emsworth and his family in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse
Sebastian Becker, main character in a trilogy of books by
Stephen Gallagher[6]- The Kingdom of Bones (2007), The Bedlam Detective (2012) and The Authentic William James (2015)
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
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Sebastian is both a
given name and a
surname. It comes from the
Greek name Sebastianos (Σεβαστιανός) meaning "from Sebastia" (Σεβάστεια), which was the name of the city now known as
Sivas, located in the central portion of what is now Turkey; in Western Europe the name comes through the
Latinized intermediary Sebastianus.[1][2] It was a name of ancient Greek origin, given to children not born free and found on the streets of Sebastia. The name of the city is derived from the
Greek word σεβαστός (sebastos), "venerable",[3] which comes from σέβας (sebas), "awe, reverence, dread",[4] in turn from the verb σέβομαι (sebomai), "feel awe, scruple, be ashamed".[5]Sebastos was the Greek
calque of the title Augustus, which was used for Roman emperors. Sebastian became a widely used name because it was the name of
Saint Sebastian, a third-century
Christian martyr.
Sebastian, in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
Sebastian Beach, the butler of Lord Emsworth and his family in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse
Sebastian Becker, main character in a trilogy of books by
Stephen Gallagher[6]- The Kingdom of Bones (2007), The Bedlam Detective (2012) and The Authentic William James (2015)
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.