At a Glance
- 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
seh-bas-tee-OWIPA /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.
Lists That Include Sebastião
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