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 [ syll. sa-bas-tian, sab-asti-an ] The boy name Sabastian is pronounced SahBAEST-ahN KEY. Sabastian's language of origin is Old Greek and it is used largely in the English language. Sabastian is a variant spelling of the English, French, German, and Spanish Sebastian. Sabastian is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the height of its usage in 2001, 0.010% of baby boys were given the name Sabastian. It ranked at #812 then. The baby name has since experienced a drop in frequency, and is used only on a very modest scale now. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Sabastian, the English, French, German, and Spanish Sebastian was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Sabastian include the French and German Sebastien, the French Sébastien, the Hungarian Sebestyen, the Russian Sevastian, the Dutch Sebastiaan, and the Italian and Spanish Sebastiano. KEY: approx pronunciation for Sabastian: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
