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Sebastião

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masculineunisexLatin script

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Portuguese (Lisbon)

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: Portuguese Finnish
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Sebastião

Sebastião is a masculine given name documented in Portuguese and Finnish.

Separate records with matching spellings: Sebastiao (Spanish)

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Du latin Sebastianus.

Sources for this account (7)

French Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q10369061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (3)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q10369061
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Sebastião
Unisex usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Sebastião

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Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Sebastião” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q10369061.

All pronunciation details (13)

[se.bas.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[se.basˈt͡ʃjɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[se.baʃ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
[se.baʃˈt͡ʃjɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
[sɨ.βɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃] — Portuguese (Portugal)
/se.bas.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/se.basˈt͡ʃjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/se.baʃ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/se.baʃˈt͡ʃjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/sɨ.bɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
/sɨ.bɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/se.basˈtjãw/ — Portuguese (Brazilian)
/sɨ.bɐʃˈtjãw/ — Portuguese (European)

02 / Across borders

Where Sebastião is used

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Portugal

Language records

Documented as a given name in Portuguese.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Sebastiao— “venerable”
Sebastiao, _m._ _Port._ Gr. venerable, 111
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q10369061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q5146 (por)-Gaygarin-Sebastião.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Sebastião

Sebastião is a masculine given name documented in Portuguese and Finnish.

Separate records with matching spellings: Sebastiao (Spanish)

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Du latin Sebastianus.

Sources for this account (7)

French Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q10369061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (3)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q10369061
Masculine usage in Portuguese · Wiktionary: Sebastião
Unisex usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Sebastião

Explore all 2 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Sebastião” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q10369061.

All pronunciation details (13)

[se.bas.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[se.basˈt͡ʃjɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Brazil)
[se.baʃ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
[se.baʃˈt͡ʃjɐ̃ʊ̯̃] — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
[sɨ.βɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃] — Portuguese (Portugal)
/se.bas.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/se.basˈt͡ʃjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Brazil)
/se.baʃ.t͡ʃiˈɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/se.baʃˈt͡ʃjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Rio de Janeiro)
/sɨ.bɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Portugal, Southern)
/sɨ.bɐʃˈtjɐ̃w̃/ — Portuguese (Portugal)
/se.basˈtjãw/ — Portuguese (Brazilian)
/sɨ.bɐʃˈtjãw/ — Portuguese (European)

Where Sebastião is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Sebastião’s connections around the world.

0 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Portugal

Language records

Documented as a given name in Portuguese.

Explore Portugal

3 of 3 countries

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Sebastiao— “venerable”
Sebastiao, _m._ _Port._ Gr. venerable, 111
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q10369061CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spanish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: SebastiãoCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q5146 (por)-Gaygarin-Sebastião.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Sebastião

About Sebastião

Etymology in the sources

Where Sebastião is used

Across borders

Portugal

Popularity over time

History

Historical scholarship

Sebastiana

Sauaschãão

Sebachão

Sebastià

Sebastiaan

Sebastiaen

Sebastian

Sebastián

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Sebastião

About Sebastião

Etymology in the sources

Where Sebastião is used

Across borders

Portugal

Popularity over time

History

Historical scholarship

Sebastiana

Sauaschãão

Sebachão

Sebastià

Sebastiaan

Sebastiaen

Sebastian

Sebastián

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Sebastião

Etymology in the sources

Where Sebastião is used

Across borders

Portugal

Popularity over time

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Sebastião

Etymology in the sources

Where Sebastião is used

Across borders

Portugal

Popularity over time

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page