First names in Hebrew

First name Sebastian: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

סבסטיאן

Gematria value: 192

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Sebastian is written סבסטיאן

Meaning and origin

What does Sebastian mean?

Meaning: "venerable, worthy of respect"
Origin: Greek

Sebastian comes from the Latin Sebastianus, "the man from Sebaste", a town whose name comes from the Greek sebastos, "venerable, worthy of respect". It spread through Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, and in the 2000s it reached the top of the American and British lists.

Gematria

Sebastian = 192

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. סבסטיאן has 7 letters:

• סthe letter Samekh60
• בthe letter Bet2
• סthe letter Samekh60
• טthe letter Tet9
• יthe letter Yod10
• אthe letter Aleph1
• ןthe letter final Nun50
• Total192

The verse of the name

From the letter Samekh to the letter final Nun

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Sebastian, from ס to ן:

סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן מֹשֵׁל מֵעֲרוֹעֵר אֲשֶׁר עַל־שְׂפַת־נַחַל אַרְנוֹן וְתוֹךְ הַנַּחַל וַחֲצִי הַגִּלְעָד וְעַד יַבֹּק הַנַּחַל גְּבוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן׃

“Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer, on the bank of the Arnon valley, and from the middle of the valley, over half of Gilead, as far as the Jabbok River, the border of the Ammonites.”

Joshua 12:2

The book of your first name

Sebastian, in nine pages

• Sebastian, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Sebastian
• Sebastian, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Sebastian in three answers

How do you write Sebastian in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Sebastian is written סבסטיאן.

What is the gematria value of Sebastian?
Written סבסטיאן, Sebastian is worth 192: the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Bet (2) + the letter Samekh (60) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter final Nun (50).

What does Sebastian mean?
Venerable, worthy of respect (origin: Greek). Sebastian comes from the Latin Sebastianus, "the man from Sebaste", a town whose name comes from the Greek sebastos, "venerable, worthy of respect". It spread through Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, and in the 2000s it reached the top of the American and British lists.