Sebastiano

Meaning of Sebastiano

Sebastiano derives from the Italian adaptation of the Greek epithet Sebastianos (“of Sebastia”), itself rooted in the adjective sebastos (“venerable, august”), and is phonetically rendered in Italian as /sebaˈstjaːno/ with antepenultimate stress. In the United States, the name has sustained a niche yet consistent presence—registering 18 occurrences (rank 906) in 2024 after oscillating within the 800–930 range over the past quarter-century—reflecting measured uptake by anglophone parents in pursuit of a classical Mediterranean inflection. Longitudinal analysis of these data underscores a selective but enduring adoption pattern, further reinforced by the name’s association with Saint Sebastian, whose hagiographic legacy confers connotations of resilience and honor consonant with its etymological origins.