Given name & surname
Seba
“drunkard”
Seba is a masculine given name from Spanish. It is used in Spanish.
Original SpanishSebastián
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Seba means “drunkard.”
From biblical name research
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Seba is a diminutive of Sebastián.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Seba appears in Genesis 10:7.
From biblical name research
Seba through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 0 boys · 112 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 292 as a first name in 2020; 405 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Seba’s family of names
In Polish usage, Seba is a diminutive of Sebastian. In Spanish usage, Seba is a diminutive of Sebastián.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Seba
- Seba JohnsonOlympic skierborn 1973
- Seba SmithAmerican humorist (1792–1868)
- SebaSwedish musicianborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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