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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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debka · 18/04/2018 10:47

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

LoveInTokyo · 18/04/2018 10:44

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.

Sadie82 · 18/04/2018 10:33

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

AjasLipstick · 18/04/2018 10:25

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

TatianaLarina · 18/04/2018 10:22

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.

3stonedown · 18/04/2018 10:20

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

TrudeauGirl · 18/04/2018 10:16

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 Grin

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RedDwarves · 18/04/2018 10:14

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

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TrudeauGirl · 18/04/2018 10:12

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

Winterfield · 18/04/2018 10:07

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

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 18/04/2018 10:06

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

NoFucksImAQueen · 18/04/2018 10:05

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

AnyaMoondial · 18/04/2018 10:04

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

Also love Saskia but dh didn't agree Sad

AjasLipstick · 18/04/2018 10:00

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.

FizzyGreenWater · 18/04/2018 09:55

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.

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