Given name
Sebastiaan
Sebastiaan is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Sebastiaan shares an earlier linguistic root with Sebastian. Sebastian has been associated with Greek and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Sebastiaan developed from SEBASTIANUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sebastiaan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 47
- 47 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sebastiaan’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Sebastiaan has a diminutive in SEBBE. Sebastiaan shares a linguistic root with Sebastian. In Dutch usage, Sebastiaan has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sébastien.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sebastiaan has relatives in 5 languages.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sebastiancognate · English, German
- Sebastianoequivalent
- Basequivalent
- Sebastiãoequivalent
- Sebastiaenequivalent
- Sebastiánequivalent
- Sebastiàequivalent
- SébastienFrench
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People named Sebastiaan
- Sebastiaan BornauwBelgian association football playerborn 1999
- Bas RuttenDutch-American mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler and kickboxerborn 1965
- Sebastiaan VerschurenDutch swimmerborn 1988
- Sebastiaan TrompDutch theologian (1889-1975)
- Sebastiaan BowierDutch cyclistborn 1987
- Sebastiaan SteurDutch footballerborn 1984
- Sebastiaan Braatcricketerborn 1992
- Sebastiaan BleekemolenDutch racing driverborn 1978
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