Sabine / Sabina

[RedDwarves]

Thoughts? Which is better of the two?

[FizzyGreenWater]

Sabina is better, but I MUCH prefer Sabrina.

Sabine I have heard pronounced Sa-BIN- not good (as in rubbish bin!)

Sabina just doesn't have as much to it as Sabrina, which is great.

[AjasLipstick]

I've never heard Sabine pronounced as Sabin! Not once. I love the name Sabine....it's very pretty.

Sabina not so much as it will constantly be misheard as Sabrina.

[AnyaMoondial]

I much prefer Sabrina which is BRILLIANT as others have said.

Also love Saskia but dh didn't agree

[NoFucksImAQueen]

There's a sabria (pronounced sa Brie a)
on my nursing course which I think is a lovely name

[LorelaiVictoriaGilmore]

My 10 week old dd is Sabrina. I'm so pleased with her name!!

[Winterfield]

Love both. I think I prefer Sabine, very chic.

[TrudeauGirl]

Sabina is nice, but prefer Sabine. I also LOVE Sabrina.

[RedDwarves]

Weirdly, I'm not as fond of Sabrina. I think it's the teenage witch associations which are stuck in my mind.

[TrudeauGirl]

Weirdly, I'm not as fond of Sabrina. I think it's the teenage witch associations

As long as the next children aren't Libby, Zelda or Harvey

[3stonedown]

I love Sabine, I think I would use it if I had another DD

[TatianaLarina]

I much prefer Sabrina too.

Sabine will be constantly mispronounced in the UK. It works better in France were it is more common and the pronunciation is clear.

[AjasLipstick]

Maybe my ideas are skewed as I've worked with a number of French and Belgian women called Sabine.

[Sadie82]

I prefer Sabine, have you thought of Sabrine instead of Sabrina....or does it still have the teenage witch association?

[LoveInTokyo]

I generally dislike French names pronounced by non French speakers (“Ammelly” is a pet hate of mine) but I don’t see how you could mispronounce Sabine.

[debka]

I have a Sabine!
I thought it would be chic.
She is always called Bean or Beanie!

[TatianaLarina]

I don’t see how you could mispronounce Sabine

Anything is possible in the U.K. - I’ve heard it pronounced Sabin as in Cabin and Sayb eye n as in ‘Rape of the Sabine Women’.

[RedDwarves]

I’m not in the UK or France, but I can’t imaginr Sabine being mispronounced here. Granted, I could be wrong, but loads of names have difficult/conflicting pronunciations. Take Eleanor; it could be Ellen-uh or it could be Elle-eh-NORE.

[BringMeCoffeePlease]

I don't like either, sorry. I much prefer Sabrina.

[RoundaboutSnail]

I prefer Sabrina.

If you'd consider similar names, I think Stella, Seraphina, Selina, Serena are nice too.

[Cockmagic]

Sabine reminds me of the video game Fable.

Sabrina, the teenage witch.

Any other ideas?

[Glendee]

I have a Sabine too! We pronounce
it the French ‘sa-been’. Really the only other way people say her name is the German
‘sa-beena’

[noenergy]

I think Sabina is lovely.

Every time I hear Sabrina it makes me think teenage witch too!!

[daisypond]

Sabina is OK, though I think Sabrina is nicer.
Sabine just reminds me of the Rape of the Sabine Women. It was a popular subject back in the day for artists/sculptures, etc - all that ravished/abducted/naked female flesh, and I wouldn't want a daughter called it. Sabine (relating to the ravished women) is pronounced
Say-bye-n (in the dictionary).

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

❤️ Sabine, gorgeous name.

[GRW]

I have an older relative who was christened Sarah Hannah but always known as Sarina. I prefer it to Sabrina or Sabina.