Given name
Sebastiana
“one who commands respect”
In Italian use, Sebastiana carries the interpretation “one who commands respect.”
Original ItalianSebastiano
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Sebastiana carries the interpretation “one who commands respect.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Sebastiana is used as a feminine counterpart of Sebastian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sebastiana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 344
- 0 boys · 344 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,786 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,786 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1921. In 2025, Alabama had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,241 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sebastiana’s family of names
Sebastiana is a feminine form of Sebastian. Sebastiana has a related form in Sebasteene. In Italian usage, Sebastiana is a feminine form of Sebastiano.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sebastiana has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Italianwhere Sebastiana comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sebastinavariant · German
- Sebastianevariant · German
- Sebastinevariant · German
- Sebastynavariant
- Sebastynevariant
- Sebasteenevariant
- Sebastenevariant
- Sebastienevariant
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Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sebastianomasculine form · Italian
- Sebastianmasculine form
- Bastianaequivalent
- SébastienneFrench
- СевастьянаRussian
- СебастьянаRussian
- СевастианаRussian
- СебастианаRussian
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