Sebastian m
English: name of early Christian origin, borne by a 3rd-century saint who was a Roman soldier martyred by the arrows of his fellow officers; his sufferings were a favourite subject for medieval artists. The name means ‘man from Sebasta’, a town in Asia Minor so called from Greek Sebastos, a translation of the Latin imperial title Augustus.
Cognates: French: Sébastien. Spanish: Sebastián. Italian: Sebastiano. Dutch: Sebastiaan. Russian: Sevastian.
First names dictionary. 2012.