Think we found our name ... Sabine ... but I'd like to check how you'd pronounce it

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edeluna · 20/01/2011 13:22

Expecting a girl in a few weeks. The name in the lead right now is Sabine.

I love it but I'm just a little concerned about whether its correct pronunciation would be baffling to anyone here in the UK. I'm not sure if people here are familiar with the name at all.

It's pronounced zaBEEna and comes from Italian; it is a familiar name in German and French.

Both Sabine and Sabina are acceptable spellings, though we prefer the former. However, I don't want her to have to constantly correct people's pronunciation. So if it seems likely that people might call
her saBEAN or something like that, maybe we go with the spelling ending in -a.

Grateful for any thoughts on this one!

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propercrimbo · 20/01/2011 13:27

I would pronounce it saBEAN also, and agree it looks french, pronounced in Italian it would be sa-bean-eh not sa-bean-ah with an 'e' at the end.
I'm pretty sure the only way you will avoid that is to spell it with an a at the end.
Both names are beautiful by the way

MakemineaGandT · 20/01/2011 13:26

are you Italian?

TanteRose · 20/01/2011 13:26

yes, I would pronounce it SaBean

belgo · 20/01/2011 13:25

I would pronounce it Sabean.

If you want Sabena, call her Sabena.

MakemineaGandT · 20/01/2011 13:25

surely in France it's saBEAN? that's what I'd say

flowery · 20/01/2011 13:24

I would assume it was saBEAN I'm afraid. It looks French to me and I would think that's how they'd pronounce it in France.

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