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Yesterday, I was leafing through the birth announcement in the local paper and saw the name Maria Sevasti on a baby girl.
I've never heard the name Sevasti before! I live in Finland, and over here, the name would be considered extremely rare. An Internet search provided several Greek links, but none of them gave any meanings or history. Could it be a variant of Sebastian? Greek Orthodox?
Can any of you guys help me here? I'd like to have as much info as possible: the meaning, history, usage in Scandinavia etc.
TIA,
Lass
I've never heard the name Sevasti before! I live in Finland, and over here, the name would be considered extremely rare. An Internet search provided several Greek links, but none of them gave any meanings or history. Could it be a variant of Sebastian? Greek Orthodox?
Can any of you guys help me here? I'd like to have as much info as possible: the meaning, history, usage in Scandinavia etc.
TIA,
Lass
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Hi Lassia!
I've never heard that name either, but I think your guess (it might be related to Sebastian) seems to be a good one.
In Sweden there are currently just 15 women with that name and noone at all in Norway and Denmark, so it seems to come from another part of the world.
A Russian form of Sebastian is Sevastian, and they are usually a bit closer to the Greek pronunciation... Maybe the Greek experts here can help? Pavlos??
Terveisin
Satu
I've never heard that name either, but I think your guess (it might be related to Sebastian) seems to be a good one.
In Sweden there are currently just 15 women with that name and noone at all in Norway and Denmark, so it seems to come from another part of the world.
A Russian form of Sebastian is Sevastian, and they are usually a bit closer to the Greek pronunciation... Maybe the Greek experts here can help? Pavlos??
Terveisin
Satu
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Hello Lassia,
My name is Sevasti, I am of greek origin living in Australia. This name is very common in the southern Greek islands namely called the Dodecanese. My parents came from a small island named Kalymnos where there are many with the same name as myself, although unusual elsewhere and sometimes it is hard for someone who has never heard of it to say, it is a lovely name. In Greek we have a word called ' Sevas ' in English it means 'respect'. I don't know if the name comes from that word.... hope it helps... Sincerely Sevasti.
My name is Sevasti, I am of greek origin living in Australia. This name is very common in the southern Greek islands namely called the Dodecanese. My parents came from a small island named Kalymnos where there are many with the same name as myself, although unusual elsewhere and sometimes it is hard for someone who has never heard of it to say, it is a lovely name. In Greek we have a word called ' Sevas ' in English it means 'respect'. I don't know if the name comes from that word.... hope it helps... Sincerely Sevasti.
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Hi my name is Sevasti and I live in Australia too. I am from Mutilini
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Thanks; my guess now is that the name Sevasti came to Finland and Scandinavia from Russia. Maybe there's an Orthodox saint by the name Sevasti? After all, the two established religions in Finland are the Lutheran Church AND the Orthodox Church, and the Orthodox have their own name-day calendar which consists of (mostly Russian and Greek) saints' names. Sevasti is not included, however; could it be a minor saint or another prominent religious figure?
Lass
Lass
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