Sabine / Sabina

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Thoughts? Which is better of the two?

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.

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.

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

Also love Saskia but dh didn't agree

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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’.

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.

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

I prefer Sabrina.

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

Sabine reminds me of the video game Fable.

Sabrina, the teenage witch.

Any other ideas?

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’

I think Sabina is lovely.

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

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).

❤️ Sabine, gorgeous name.

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