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Sabine / Sabina

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RedDwarves · 18/04/2018 09:45

Thoughts? Which is better of the two?

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dinosaurkisses · 27/04/2018 00:30

Love Sabine. Would consider using it for a future DD if I hadn't already inintentionally named DD1 the Irish translation 😂

scrivette · 25/04/2018 22:57

I like Sabine (awesome racing driver too)

SabineUndine · 25/04/2018 22:36

I like Sabine. Funny, that.

NetofLemons · 23/04/2018 06:58

Sabine is associated to me with mass rape of women (which is then presented as ‘sexy’ by artists since classical times). There are horrific modern parallels to this tactic from classical mythology being used today.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women

pipilangstrumpf · 23/04/2018 06:42

Sorry in German it's Sa-been-eh

pipilangstrumpf · 23/04/2018 06:42

In French it's Sabeen
Thanks n German it's Sa-been-eh

Don't know how I'd pronounce it in English actually

dementedma · 22/04/2018 08:02

Sabine is lovely - reminds me of the girl in Moulin Rouge.
I also love Athene.

rosamore · 22/04/2018 07:55

DH's cousin is Sabine, pronounced Sabina (German), but I would still presume that it was pronounced sah-been. Beautiful name.

MollyHuaCha · 22/04/2018 07:48

I like Sabina

pipilangstrumpf · 22/04/2018 07:29

I know a Sabine, pronounced Sa-bee-ne.

mrsgumpy · 22/04/2018 07:05

I absolutely love Sabine.

If we had a third, it would be on the list.

gwen25 · 19/04/2018 12:00

I prefer Sabine.

Carouselfish · 19/04/2018 00:50

I like Sabine. Reminds me of another name I like that I just discovered - Faline (the girlfriend of Bambi the deer).

DramaAlpaca · 18/04/2018 21:33

I like both, especially Sabine.

LemonysSnicket · 18/04/2018 21:31

Sabine is lovely

GRW · 18/04/2018 19:53

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

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/04/2018 18:55

❤️ Sabine, gorgeous name.

daisypond · 18/04/2018 18:50

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).

noenergy · 18/04/2018 17:30

I think Sabina is lovely.

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

Glendee · 18/04/2018 17:27

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’

Cockmagic · 18/04/2018 17:21

Sabine reminds me of the video game Fable.

Sabrina, the teenage witch.

Any other ideas?

RoundaboutSnail · 18/04/2018 17:18

I prefer Sabrina.

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

BringMeCoffeePlease · 18/04/2018 15:06

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

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RedDwarves · 18/04/2018 12:00

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.

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TatianaLarina · 18/04/2018 11:01

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’.

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