The first name Sabina
A girl’s name from Latin meaning “a sabine”.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Sabina means “a sabine” in Latin.
Name of early saints, Latin Sabīna, feminine of the Roman cognomen Sabīnus (“a Sabine”), from an ancient tribe from Italy.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 12 girls were named Sabina, making it the 2,278th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 1997, with 41 births (#618).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Sabina with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Sabina at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 68 girls born in the United States were named Sabina, the 2,579th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2005, when 140 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Sabina in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Sabina in Czech, Danish, Finnish, Polish and Swedish too.
Famous people named Sabina
11 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Sabina of BavariaBavarian Duchess, 1492–1564
- Sabina AliyevaAzerbaijani civil servant, born 1980
- Sabina ShikhlinskayaAzerbaijani artist (born 1962)
- Sabina ĆudićBosnian politician, born 1982
- Sabina BeganGerman actress, born 1974
- Sabina MoyaColombian athletics competitor (born 1977)
- Sabina JeschkeGerman mechanical engineer, born 1968
- Sabina OlmosArgentinian actor, 1913–1999
- Sabina FredericArgentinian anthropologist, born 1965
- Sabina OrellanaBolivian politician, born 1970
- Sabina FranklynBritish actress, born 1954
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Questions
- What does the name Sabina mean?
- Sabina means “a sabine” in Latin.
- What is the origin of the name Sabina?
- Name of early saints, Latin Sabīna, feminine of the Roman cognomen Sabīnus (“a Sabine”), from an ancient tribe from Italy.
- How popular is the name Sabina?
- In 2025, 12 girls born in England and Wales were named Sabina, ranking 2,278th. Its peak was 1997, with 41 births.
- Is Sabina a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 8,082 US babies named Sabina since 1880 were girls.
- When was Sabina most popular?
- 2005 in the United States, when 140 babies were named Sabina, its highest rank at 1,499th.