Tian

Tian is a Slovene masculine given name, used as a short form of Sebastijan, the Slovene form of Sebastian, which itself derives from the Latin Sebastianus, meaning from Sebaste, a city in Asia Minor whose name comes from the Greek word sebastos, meaning venerable or revered. The name gained wide use in the Christian tradition through Saint Sebastian, a third-century martyr. Related forms include Sebastijan, Boštjan, and Bastijan in Slovene, as well as the broader international variants Sebastian and Sebastián.