Bastián

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/bast̪jan/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bastián is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Clipping of Sebastian.

rarermore common
  • CLChile≈1 in 680(inferred from the name graph)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 2.4K
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 4.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈33,000 people, est.

Sources
336 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 680 (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bastian in CL Chile, AR Argentina, DE Germany and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Clipping of Sebastian

Sources 5

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bastián counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bastián is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#373≈33,000 est.≈1 in 2.4KlistedBastian221
CL Chile#203≈27,000 est.≈1 in 680475Bastian108
AR Argentina#580≈10,000 est.≈1 in 4.4K2.9KBastian45
DK Denmark—2,8341 in 2.1K2.8K—2
FR France—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 38K2.6KBastian4
PY Paraguay#692≈1,500 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Bastian8

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); the de-munich-vornamen register; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bastián is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name37 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Laos, United States

    Languages: French, Lao, Thai

    Also written Bastien, Bastian, Bastiaan, บาสเตียน, Bastion

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bastian, Bastían

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Türkiye, Netherlands, United States

    Also written Bastian, Bástian, Bastiàn

  • Russian given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Netherlands, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Бастиан, Bastian, Bastiaan, Бастиаан, Бастіан

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Juan Sebastián Elcano, b. 1476Francisco de Miranda, b. 1750Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, b. 1823Sebastián Piñera, b. 1949Sebastián Rulli, b. 1975Sebastián Abreu, b. 1976Lionel Scaloni, b. 1978Rodrigo Palacio, b. 1982Sebastián Yatra, b. 1994Lucas Torreira, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Bastián,Hi Bastián, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Bastián
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19992.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20002.3K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20012.2K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20022.1K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20111.9K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19961.9K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19971.8K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20071.8K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19981.8K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20091.7K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19951.7K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)20031.7K—

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Kotík, Antonín, Naše příjmení (nové vydání, 1897)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bastián mean, and where does it come from?
Clipping of Sebastian Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
How do you pronounce Bastián?
A machine transcription gives /bast̪jan/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Bastián a male or female name?
Bastián is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Bastián have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Bastián in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bastian.
How common is the name Bastián?
In Denmark, the national register counted 2,834 people named Bastián, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
How common is Bastián compared with other names?
In Germany, Bastián is the 373rd most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bastián” — the 373rd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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