Sebastienne as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sebastienne

What is the meaning of the name Sebastienne ?

The baby name Sebastienne is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced French: /se.bas.tjɛn/; English approximation: /ˌsɛbəˈstiːɛn/ (seh-buh-STEE-en).

Sebastienne is Greek in Origin.

Sebastienne is the French feminine form of Sébastien, ultimately from Latin Sebastianus “man from Sebaste,” a city in Asia Minor named from Greek sebastos, “venerable, revered,” the Greek counterpart of Latin augustus. As a given name it therefore carries the senses “venerable” and “from Sebaste.” French added the -ienne ending to create the feminine; the unaccented spelling Sebastienne is a modern, diacritic-free variant.

Use of the feminine has been rare compared with the widespread male Sebastian, whose popularity stems from the cult of Saint Sebastian in late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Sébastienne appears in early modern French and Occitan records, with cognates such as Sebastiana in Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, and Sevastiani/Sevastiáni in Greek. Related forms and shortenings include Bastienne (French) and Sebastiane (literary/English). Today Sebastienne offers a distinctive, elegant choice with clear European heritage.