# Sebastian

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /səˈbæst͡ʃən/ · frequency rank #8,345

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Latin or Ancient Greek.
2. A town in the City of Greater Bendigo and the Shire of Loddon, central Victoria, Australia

## Etymology
From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus.

## Common misspellings (13)
`esbastian`, `sbeastian`, `seabstian`, `sebasitan`, `sebasstian`, `sebastain`, `sebastiann`, `sebastina`, `sebasttian`, `sebatsian`, `sebbastian`, `sebsatian`, `ssebastian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sebastian