How to write “Sebastian” in Korean
세바스찬 se-ba-seu-chan
What Korean friends call you
- 세바스찬아 se-ba-seu-cha-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 세바스찬 씨 se-ba-seu-chan-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Sebastian
- 세바스찬 4 (100%)
Korean labels of 4 people named Sebastian on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 서배스천; most Koreans write 세바스찬.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Sebastian Stan 세바스찬 (sometimes 서배스천, 세바스티안); Sebastian Coe 세바스찬 (sometimes 서배스천, 세바스티안).
Well-known people named Sebastian, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Sebastian Thrun — 세바스찬 쓰런
- Sebastian Arcelus — 세바스찬 아셀러스
- Sebastian Urzendowsky — 세바스찬 우르젠도스키
- Sebastian Spence — 세바스찬 스펜스
214,380 babies were named Sebastian in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 217th most common name.
Block by block
- 세 = ㅅ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
- 바 = ㅂ + ㅏ · 6 strokes
Also in 바: Ava 에바 · Vanessa 바네사 · Levi 리바이
- 스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
- 찬 = ㅊ + ㅏ + ㄴ · 6 strokes
세바스찬 takes 20 strokes in all.
More names: Lily 릴리 · Henry 헨리 · Kaylee 케일리 · Mackenzie 맥켄지 · Brooke 브룩
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