Sébastien
The French spelling of the name Poles know as Sebastian, from the Greek *sebastos*, "venerable". Barely 166 men carry it here, all keeping the accent that French added and Polish usually drops.
Sébastien Pronunciation
Sébastien is pronounced SÉBAHST-yen (/ˈsébastjɛn/).
What Sébastien means
Where Sébastien comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Sébastien goes back to Greek sebastos, meaning venerable, revered. In the Greek-speaking east that word translated the Latin Augustus, the title carried by emperors. Behind it stands the place name Sebaste, given to more than one city in Roman Asia Minor. The Polish gloss, czcigodny and dostojny, keeps that sense of someone owed honour.
A Roman martyr fixed the name in Christian memory. Saint Sebastian, killed under Diocletian, became a patron invoked against plague. His story travelled west, and French reshaped the Latin Sebastianus into Sébastien.
The French form stayed French. It never grew a separate Polish spelling, so a boy on a class register in Kraków can appear as Sébastien, accent and all, one line above a Polish Sebastian. His name day falls on 20 January. The meaning underneath does not move: venerable, from Sebaste.
How many people are named Sébastien
1 in 128591 men in Poland is named Sébastien. 166 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2502 among male names.
Sébastien's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Sébastien as a middle name
Sébastien is a first name for 166 men in Poland and a middle name for another 42, an 80/20 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1224th, between Renard (42) and Tarek (42).
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#1222 Paschalis42
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#1223 Renard42
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#1224 Sébastien42
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#1225 Tarek42
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#1226 Theodorus42