Sebastian
m.
Latin Sebastianus 'of Sebastia' (Sivas in modern Turkey), from Greek σεβαστός 'venerable'.
The name of a 3rd C martyr, a 5th C usurper of the Western Roman Empire, and a 16th C king of Portugal.
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1572 Sebastianus AuFr Doerhoff;
1575 Sebastiaen ibid. Deurhof
- Early Modern English
- ● 1576 Sabatian StAnthonlin p. 25;
1594 Sebastian DEmar-vol2 p. 29
- ◑ 1584 Bastian DEmar-vol2 p. 9
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Bastian Tiik1977 p. 288
- France
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- Latin
- ◑ 1378 Bastiani (gen) hanquetvol1 239,
Bastiano (dat) ibid. 1770
- Middle French
- ◑ 1421 Bastien favier 1138;
1564 Bastien RegPCC-1 p. 48;
1588 Bastien raymond1588 p. 567;
1589 Bastian ibid. p. 571
- Germany
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- Early New High German
- ● 1416 Sebastian (nom) mairhofer DCCIII;
1497 Sewastian Nurn1497 1034
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ◑ fin12thC Bastianus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 8
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1522x1532 Sebastianus (nom) DSF p. 51, 24
- The Netherlands
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- Dutch
- ● 1561 Sebastiaen MagMiddelburg-1560;
1562 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1563 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1564 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1565 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1566 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1567 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1569 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1570 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1571 Sebastiaen ibid.;
1572 Sebastiaen ibid.
- ◑ 1574 Bastiaen MagMiddelburg-1560;
1575 Bastiaen ibid.;
1576 Bastiaen ibid.
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Sabastia valencia1510 3226
- Spanish
- ● 1495 Sabastian montalvo
Cite as: G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Sebastian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Sebastian.