Sebastia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sebastia

What is the meaning of the name Sebastia ?

The baby name Sebastia is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced seh-BAS-tee-uh (IPA: /sɛbəˈstiə/).

Sebastia is Greek in Origin.

Sebastia derives from Greek Sebastos, “venerable, revered,” the honorific that underlies the toponym Sebastia (modern Sivas) and the personal name Sebastianos “person from Sebastia.” As a given name, Sebastia is a streamlined feminine form of Sebastiana found across Romance-language traditions and, more recently, in English as a rare, elegant alternative.

Use of the root spread widely through the cult of Saint Sebastian, a popular late Roman martyr, which established the family of names across Europe from the Middle Ages onward. Variants and related forms include Sebastiana (Spanish/Portuguese/Italian), Sébastienne (French), Sebastiane (rare), and the masculine Sebastian, Sebastián, Sebastià (Catalan), Sebastião (Portuguese), Sebastiano (Italian), and Sébastien (French); short forms include Seba, Basti, Sia, and Tia. The name’s meaning may be read either as “venerable, revered” or “from Sebastia,” giving it both virtue-name and place-name resonance.