Names of the Day - Friday, July 11, 2014 Boy - Sebastian GENDER: Masculine USAGE: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Finnish, Romanian PRONOUNCED: ze-BAHS-tee-ahn (German), sə-BAS-chən (English), se-BAHS-tyahn (Polish) Meaning & History From the Latin name Sebastianus which meant from Sebaste. Sebaste was the name a town in Asia Minor, its name deriving from Greek σεβαστος (sebastos) venerable (a translation of Latin Augustus, the title of the Roman emperors). Saint Sebastian was a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyred by arrows after it was discovered he was a Christian. Due to the saints popularity, the name came into general use in medieval Europe, especially in Spain and France. It was also borne by a 16th-century king of Portugal who died in a crusade against Morocco. Girl - Phoebe GENDER: Feminine USAGE: English, Greek Mythology (Latinized), Biblical, Biblical Latin OTHER SCRIPTS: Φοιβη (Ancient Greek) PRONOUNCED: FEE-bee (English) Meaning & History Latinized form of the Greek name Φοιβη (Phoibe), which meant bright, pure from Greek φοιβος (phoibos). In Greek mythology Phoibe was a Titan associated with the moon. This was also an epithet of her granddaughter, the moon goddess Artemis. The name appears in Pauls epistle to the Romans in the New Testament, where it belongs to a female minister in the church at Cenchreae. In England, it began to be used as a given name after the Protestant Reformation. A moon of Saturn bears this name (in honour of the Titan).
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:31:17 +0000
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