Sebastian Stan and Ava Gardner

Boys: Sebastian

Sebastian Stan in a scene from "Captain America: The Winter Soldier."

Meaning or origin: From Latin Sebastianus, the name of a 3rd-century saint, a Roman soldier martyred by the arrows of his fellow officers. The name means ‘man from Sebastē’, a city in Asia Minor so called from Greek sebastos ‘august, venerable.’

U.S. rank: 35

Celebrity: Sebastian Stan

Girls: Ava

Ava Gardner

Meaning or origin: Of uncertain origin, probably Germanic, from a short form of various female compound names containing the element av (of uncertain meaning). Its popularity since the 1950s is largely due to the film actress Ava Gardner (1922–90).

U.S. rank: 4

Celebrity: Ava Gardner


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