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SEBASTIAN

Gender: Masculine

Usage: German, English, Scandinavian, Polish, Finnish, Romanian

Pronounced: ze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), s-BAS-chn (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish) [key]

From the Latin name Sebastianus which meant "from Sebaste". Sebaste was the name a town in Asia Minor, its name deriving from Greek σεβαστο (sebastos) "venerable" (a translation of Latin Augustus, the title of the Roman emperors). Saint Sebastian was a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyred by arrows after it was discovered he was a Christian. Due to the saint's popularity, the name came into general use in medieval Europe, especially in Spain and France. It was also borne by a 16th-century king of Portugal who died in a crusade against Morocco.