Bastian

Where Bastian comes from

Clipping of Sebastian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bastian
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1991
    First appearance
    #8,236 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,001
    224 babies named Bastian — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Sebastian, from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.