Given name & surname
Sebastiano
“from Sebaste”
Sebastiano is a masculine given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Sebastiano shares an earlier linguistic root with Sebastian. Sebastian has been associated with Greek and Latin naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sebastiano through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,005
- 1,005 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,088 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,088 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 30 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 988 as a first name in 2020; 464 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.
Sebastiano’s family of names
Sebastiano shares a linguistic root with Sebastian. In Italian usage, Sebastiano has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Sebastián. Sebastiano has a related form in Sebastian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sebastiano has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sebastianafeminine form · Italian
- Sebastiaanequivalent
- Sebestyénequivalent
- Sebastiàequivalent
- Vastianucognate · Sicilian
- Pittauderivative · Italian
- SebastiãoPortuguese
- SébastienFrench
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People named Sebastiano
- Sebastiano del PiomboItalian painter (c.1485-1547)
- Sebastiano SerlioItalian architect and painter (1475-1554)
- Sebastiano VenierDoge of Venice1496–1578
- Sebastiano RossiItalian footballer (born 1964)
- Sebastiano Zianipolitician (1102-1178)
- Sebastiano EspositoItalian professional footballerborn 2002
- Sebastiano NelaItalian footballerborn 1961
- Sebastiano RicciItalian painter (1659–1734)
- SebalterSwiss singerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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