Girl · Latin
Sabina
Say it: suh-BEE-nuh
Meaning
Latin, 'Sabine woman', the Sabines being an ancient people of central Italy.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in German-speaking countries as Sabine in the mid 20th century.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1880s
In the United States
- 7,688 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1889, about 1 in 9,400 girls
- 74 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sabine, Sabyn
| French | Sabine |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Sabina |
| Italian | Sabina |
| German | Sabine |
| Polish | Sabina |
| Czech | Sabina |
Famous bearers
- Sabina, Roman martyr honoured in the basilica of Santa Sabina
- Vibia Sabina, wife of the emperor Hadrian
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Medieval European charters and records
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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