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.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● 1553 Sebastianus (nom) ChronSH p. 21
- Early New High German
- ● 1537 Sebastian (nom) ChronSH p. 12
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1585 Sebastiaen MPSA p. 84;
1588 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 85;
1590 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 86;
1591 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 86;
1592 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 87;
1594 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 88;
1595 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 88;
1596 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 89;
1597 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 89;
1597x1598 Sebastiaen BoonenGes p. 326;
1598 Sebastiaen MPSA p. 90;
1599 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 90
- England
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- Dutch
- ● 1572 Sebastianus AuFr Doerhoff;
1575 Sebastiaen ibid. Deurhof;
1597 Sebastiaen ibid. p. 90
- Early Modern English
- ● 1576 Sabatian StAnthonlin p. 25;
1594 Sebastian DEmar-vol2 p. 29
- ◑ 1562 Bastyon RegBeb p. 4;
1584 Bastian DEmar-vol2 p. 9
- Middle French
- ◑ 1567 Bastien WCS p. 3;
1568 bastien ibid. p. 39;
1569 bastien ibid. p. 5;
1569/70 bastien ibid. p. 5;
1570 Bastien ibid. p. 40;
1572 Bastien ibid. p. 41;
1574 bastien ibid. p. 10;
1575 bastien ibid. p. 11;
1576 bastien ibid. p. 43;
1577 bastien ibid. p. 43;
1579 bastien ibid. p. 44
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Sebastien RWC p. 3
- ◑ 1590/1 Bastien RWC p. 15;
1591/2 Bastien ibid. p. 20;
1592 Bastien ibid. p. 23;
1593 Bastien ibid. p. 26;
1593/4 Bastien ibid. p. 31;
1594 Bastien ibid. p. 32;
1594/5 Bastien ibid. p. 36;
1595 Bastien ibid. p. 39;
1598/9 Bastien ibid. p. 51;
1599 Bastien ibid. p. 52
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ◑ 1592 Bastian Tiik1977 p. 288
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1534 Sebastiano (abl) MHCG2 305
- ◑ 1378 Bastiani (gen) hanquetvol1 239,
Bastiano (dat) ibid. 1770
- Middle French
- ● 1587 Sebastien RTFProvins 44
- ◑ 1421 Bastien favier 1138;
1564 Bastien RegPCC-1 p. 48;
1567 Bastien ibid. p. 358;
1568 Bastien ibid. p. 377;
1570 Bastien ibid. p. 428;
1571 Bastien ibid. p. 449;
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
- ◑ 1555 Bastion (nom) MHCG2 335
- 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
- ◑ 1464 Bastianus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Savestiano LeoX p. 27,
Sebastiano ibid. p. 20
- 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.
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1461 Sebastiano (abl) CDP2-2 CCCCXVI
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1510 Sabastia valencia1510 3226
- Spanish
- ● 1495 Sabastian montalvo;
1575 Sebastian Catalogo-5.2 3824;
1576 Sebastian ibid. 3984
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1522 Sebastiano (abl) MHCG2 293,
Sebastianum (acc) ibid. 293,
Sebastianus (nom) ibid. 293;
1528 Sebastianum (acc) ibid. 299
- Middle French
- ● 1553 Sebastien MHCG2 324
Cite as: A. Brown, 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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Sebastian.