Given name & surname
Sébastien
“revered”
Sébastien is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sébastien goes back to Latin Sebastianus, meaning “revered.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In French use, Sébastien shares an earlier linguistic root with Sebastian. Sebastian has been associated with Greek and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Sébastien’s family of names
In French usage, Sébastien has a diminutive in Bastien. Sébastien shares a linguistic root with Sebastian. In French usage, Sébastien has a conventional equivalent in the Esperanto form Sebastiano.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sébastien has relatives in 21 languages.
21 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sébastien
- Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of VaubanFrench military engineer (1633–1707)
- Sébastien LecornuPrime Minister of France since 2025born 1986
- Sébastien LoebFrench racing driverborn 1974
- Sébastien HallerIvorian-French footballer (born 1994)
- Sébastien SquillaciFrench footballer (born 1980)
- Sébastien BourdaisFrench racecar driverborn 1979
- Sébastien BuemiSwiss professional racing driverborn 1988
- Sébastien FreyFrench footballer (born 1980)
- Sébastien BassongCameroonian and French footballerborn 1986
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