Sebastijan
- Meaning:
- From Sebaste; venerable
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Sebastijan
Croatian form of Sebastian, from Greek Sebastianos ('from Sebaste'); St. Sebastian was an early martyr.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- January 20 (sv. Sebastijan)
Popularity with newborns
Sebastijan has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
1,198 people in Croatia are called Sebastijan, according to the 2021 census. That is #486 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Sebastijan is recorded in 19 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.