Bastian

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from Lat Sebastianus 'man of Sebastia'; first attested Bastianus a1200 Dublin, 1221 AssWo; Colin Bastin 1225 Pat; John Bastian 1317 AssK

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

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

Bastian is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

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

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

from Lat Sebastianus 'man of Sebastia'; first attested Bastianus a1200 Dublin, 1221 AssWo; Colin Bastin 1225 Pat; John Bastian 1317 AssK.

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bastian 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 Bastian is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#373≈33,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Bastian221
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); 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)

Bastian is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Danish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Bastián, Bastían

  • Indonesian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Bastian, Bầstíán, Bästiän, Bastián

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Spain, Netherlands

    Also written Bastián

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bastían, Bastián

  • French given name37 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Laos, United States

    Languages: French, Lao, Thai

    Also written Bastien, Bastián, Bastiaan, บาสเตียน, Bastion

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Switzerland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Bastián

68 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bastian is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, From Sebastian; man from Sebasta, name of a 3rd-century saint.

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • In English, Bastianus a1200 Dublin, 1221 AssWo; Colin Bastin 1225 Pat; John Bastian 1317 AssK. A pet-form of Sebastian, from Lat Sebastianus ‘man of Sebastia’, a city in Pontus.

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In German, a diminutive of the male given name Sebastian, equivalent to English Bastian

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Sebastian(us); Hauptform der Karte. Varianten/Belege mit Zählungen: Bastians 48, Bastijans 0, Bastiansen 0, Paustian 0, Baustian 0, Paustjan 0, Pastian 0, Bestian 0, Wastian 0.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Sebastian (Kurzform Bastian); 4.320 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Bastian Clevé, b. 1950Bastian Pastewka, b. 1972Bastian Trost, b. 1974Bastian Reinhardt, b. 1975Bastian Dankert, b. 1980Bastian Steger, b. 1981Bastian Knittel, b. 1983Bastian Schweinsteiger, b. 1984Bastian Schulz, b. 1985Bastian Oczipka, b. 1989

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 Bastian,Hi Bastian, (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 96 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Bastian
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—421—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991240—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—120#4,539

Reference works 8

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

How do you pronounce Bastian?
A machine transcription gives /βastjan/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Bastian mean, and where does it come from?
from Lat Sebastianus 'man of Sebastia'; first attested Bastianus a1200 Dublin, 1221 AssWo; Colin Bastin 1225 Pat; John Bastian 1317 AssK. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
What are other forms of the name Bastian?
In the etymology graph, Sébastien, Bastien and Sebastián are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Sebastian.
In which country does Bastian have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 33 thousand people named Bastian in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bastian.
Is Bastian a male or female name?
Bastian 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.
How common is the name Bastian?
In Denmark, the national register counted 2,834 people named Bastian, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
How common is Bastian compared with other names?
In Germany, Bastian 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, “Bastian” — the 373rd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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