Sebastijan

Sebastijan is the South Slavic form of Sebastian, ultimately derived from the Latin Sebastianus, which in turn comes from the Greek Sebastianos, meaning a person from Sebastos, a Greek rendering of the city of Sebaste in Asia Minor. The place name Sebastos was itself a Greek translation of the Latin Augustus, conveying a sense of venerable or revered. The name gained widespread Christian use through Saint Sebastian, a third-century Roman martyr whose popularity spread the name across Europe in many forms. Related forms include the Latin Sebastian, the Spanish Sebastián, and the Slavic Sebastjan.