Thoughts on Sabine?

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My husband and I are leaning towards ‘French’ girl names as his family is from a country in the Middle East with deep French influence. He really loves Sabine (sah-been), and I like it a lot as well, but I’m wondering if it’s a little TOO uncommon here in the US? Neither of us have ever met a Sabine. Too similar to the name Sabrina?

Genevieve is a very, very close second and a name I have loved long before we found out we were expecting. So torn!

We won’t be sharing the name until the baby is born but I can’t fight the urge to solicit feedback, lol

@cloudjumper , I said that! I know a Sabine and she's German. She says sab-een but that she's really za-been-uh.

I think of Sabine as a German name because I've known 2 German Sabines. Not a fan tbh. But the issue with names is always personal associations.

My first thought would be Rape of the Sabine Women.

My second would be that it's a shame, because the French pronunciation is very pretty and chic, but not enough to take away the rape connotations.

I really like Sabine and I also worked with a lovely French woman with the name.
Some people did call her beeny, not sure if she liked that but she never complained.

Actually love Sabine 🙂

It immediately makes me think of the rape of the Sabine women, I’m afraid.

I think it sounds a bit dated because it’s similar in sound to Celine maybe.

Ps I like Genevieve, but all the shortenings are popular shortenings for other names - Jenny, Evie, Vivi - so people might assume she’s, e.g. Jennifer, if she goes by Jenny.

Lovely .

There is a Pascal in my DC class and I think that’s so French and cute/chic. I love Genevieve too. Not Sabine so much.

Love Sabine. No idea about the art.

I really like it. It’s the name of a Star Wars character so certainly won’t be an unfamiliar name in the US.

I always find the arguement against using names of rape survivors really odd. The women didn't commit a crime and in most cases were strong intelligent women. Why only focus on their unfortunate attacks?
Sabine is beautiful

I knew a Sabina at school. Great name.

I like Sabine. But I love Genevieve! Gorgeous name! Either would be good choices, but I have a clear favourite!

Love it, one of my absolute favourites. In Germany it’s pronounced Sa-been-eh.

Sabine is lovely. When I hear it as a name I never associate it with the Rape of the Sabine Women. I am very familiar with that event and the artworks as I studied Classics. There are lots of names that could be associated with awful people/events. I think if you like it don't worry about it.

I much prefer Genevieve, gorgeous name! I know a couple, one goes by Evie.

Less keen on Sabine, I know one and she is German.

My husband and I are leaning towards ‘French’ girl names as his family is from a country in the Middle East with deep French influence. He really loves Sabine (sah-been), and I like it a lot as well, but I’m wondering if it’s a little TOO uncommon here in the US? Neither of us have ever met a Sabine. Too similar to the name Sabrina?
Genevieve is a very, very close second and a name I have loved long before we found out we were expecting. So torn!
We won’t be sharing the name until the baby is born but I can’t fight the urge to solicit feedback, lol https://1921681001.id/

I got this,....

Sabine is lovely and the nn Beanie is very cute

When I was at nursery that was my best friends name. I’m now 40 and have never come across that name since. I love it.

This is a gorgeous and unique name without sounding crazily out there. Love it!

My mum was a Sabine - I love it but she hated it - said she spent her whole life having to correct spelling and pronunciation. We all have very short common names !

Funny how people sometimes go the opposite way. I went to school with someone who was one of 4 in her class with her name. She gave her dds really unusual names I'd never heard of before.

Sabine would be perfectly fine in the US. It's the place where you're least likely to have anyone make a comment on your name. I live here and the people (young and older) that I know have all sorts of names, from all sorts of traditions. Nobody minds if your name is unusual or ubiquitous.

Genevieve is lovely, but I prefer Sabine.