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

[edeluna]

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!

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.

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

I would pronounce it Sabean.

If you want Sabena, call her Sabena.

yes, I would pronounce it SaBean

are you Italian?

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

SaBean too.

I would pronounce it Sabina - but only becauae I knew a german girl of that name.

In this country though 99% of people will pronounce it Sabeen.

If you want it Sabina, spell it Sabina.

I'd pronounce it Sa-BEE-ner, but it seems I'm in the minority, and it's still not the right way to say it!

I would pronounce Sabina as Sa-BEE-na.

When I see Sabine, I see the geog vocabulary word (Rape of the Sabine Women) and think Say-Byne, and would probably say it like that as the name too.

I prefer Sabina.

Sa Been

Sabeen here too, as in the French name. I guess if you call her Sabina in the UK though, people will mistake it for Sabrina.

I would assume Sabeena as I think I have known someone German with that name.

I would say Zahbeeni (the i beeing a short i as in drinks and nibbles), as pronounced in denmark and germany.
but I guess most people in the uk would say Zabean.

Sa-been-eh

would be the German pronunciation. Not -a at the end, more of an -eh.

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I am named after my German grandmother. Her name ended in 'e' which is pronounced as an 'eh' in Germany. As I live in the UK my parents gave me an 'a' version of the name.

However I am forever correcting people who still pronounce it as if it doesn't have an 'a' on the end. So my rather complicated point is, no matter if it's Sabine or Sabina, people she doesn't know still won't pronounce it 'Zabeeneh'. However those she does know will pronounce it the right way.

I have spent my life correcting my name - it's an irritation, but not a massive one in the scheme of things. The people who know me all pronounce it correctly, which is what matters tbh.

(I think it looks better spelt Sabine btw!)

Definately Sabeenuh - it is a very common name in Germany. I like it.

And Sabine looks much nicer (and more correct) than Sabina.

I would pronouns it Sa-been-eh; but I speak German. I think the majority of people in the UK would say Sa-been. So if you are from the UK; I would go for Sabina which everyone I imagine would pronounce Sa-been-ah.

What a beautiful name. I love the name Sabine!

But I would, having a 10 year old dd Sabine!

Lots of people comment on what a lovely name it is. It may be common in some parts of Europe but not so here.

My Omi (grandmother) is Austrian and I have relatives called Sabine; pronounced Sa-been-eh, but my daughter is the French Sa-Bean.

I would also say Sah-BEAN. It is a lovely name either way though!

Sa-bean. yep. Or, just possibly, say-bine, as that's how it's pronounced in the Rape of the Sabine women. With an a on the end I'd assume it was Sa- been - ah.

I would pronounce Sab-een too. Like on Moulin Rouge...?? However, if someone told me: "Actually, you pronounce it Zab-eena" I would pronounce it "Zab-eena."

She says speaking as someone who ALWAYS has to correct peple when they pronoubnce her own name.