At a Glance: Name: Sebastião – Meaning: revered, venerable (also tied to the city name Sebaste) – Origin: Greek (Sebastianos) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: seh-bas-tee-OW
Sebastião is a Greek (Sebastianos) boy's name meaning “revered, venerable (also tied to the city name Sebaste)”. It appears in our list of 175+ Portuguese Baby Boy Names From Lisbon to São Paulo.
Meaning & Origin of Sebastião
Meaning: Revered, venerable (also tied to the city name Sebaste).
Origin: Greek (Sebastianos).
Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.
How to Pronounce Sebastião
Phonetic: seh-bas-tee-OW IPA: /səbɐʃtiˈɐ̃w̃/
Popularity of Sebastião
Sebastião doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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