Sabine?

sweetpealee

WDYT of the name Sabine? Not sure about MN, but I heard it today and thought it was very pretty!

SarahPLiz

Would you pronounce it Sah-bean as in the river that divides Louisiana from Texas, or Sah-bean-ah? I've heard it used as a name both ways. 

QuincysBerry

NMS.

sweetpealee

Sah-bean! Thats an interesting variation but I like Sah-bean.

Saltina11

I knew a girl with that name! She was very skinny and pretty so it has a good connotation in my mind. She was French I think.

SarahPLiz

I personally wouldn't use it because I am from La and live in Tx and people would think I have some fetish about the border, but I don't think its a bad name. It is certainly unique. I'd expect to see it with an ethnically French last name, though. 

quezzo

I knew a woman with this name (Sa-bean) and she was German, I like it. I think it is very popular in Europe and is a European name. 

SarahPLiz

Here you go, OP:

SABINEGender: FeminineUsage: French, GermanPronounced: sa-BEEN (French), za-BEE-n? (German)  [key]French and German form of SABINA SABINAGender: FeminineUsage: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Ancient RomanOther Scripts: ?????? (Russian)Pronounced: sah-BEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish)  [key]Feminine form of Sabinus, a Roman cognomen meaning "Sabine" in Latin. The Sabines were an ancient people who lived in central Italy, their lands eventually taken over by the Romans after several wars. According to legend, the Romans abducted several Sabine women during a raid, and when the men came to rescue them, the women were able to make peace between the two groups. This name was borne by several early saints. 

 

zaramarie81

I like it but don't love it because I mostly just hear the word "bean" when I say it no matter how hard I try to ignore that.

Moxie27

dislike.  makes me think of "bean" or "sardine".

msmerymac

I like it, but it reminds me of the rape of the sabine women. Though I think that group is pronounced say-byne. I pronounce the name suh-bean. Sabina (suh-bean-uh) is another legit name.

COMomma81

I think it's very pretty. It's a guilty pleasure name of mine. A little too exotic for me to actually consider using, but I think it's really lovely.

led2009

Love it! It reminds me of The 3 Musketeers with Chris O'Donnel. It's an older movie but I watched it a million times when it came out. There's a woman in it named Sabine but DH would never go for it.

sugarpumpkin716

really dislike it. sorry.

vanceandlori

It's not my cup of tea

718gemini

LOVE it!

plunderb

It's pretty. I like Sabina slightly more.

AmyD583

SarahPLiz:

Would you pronounce it Sah-bean as in the river that divides Louisiana from Texas, or Sah-bean-ah? I've heard it used as a name both ways. 

I like this pronounciation, and this is how I would say it if I saw it.  I knew a girl from Germany that spelled it like that and had the -ah pronounciation.

sweetpealee

thank you all so much for the feedback!

iteachk

I kind of like it.  Different but not too weird.

210david

one of my favorite stories is Griffin and Sabine by Nick Bantock.   It's the coolest story becuase you are reading love letters between to characters in a story and you don't know what is real and what is made up.

Keri Marie

Lovely little French name!

Nanna

Sabine makes me think of the story of the Sabine women the pp mentioned (and also the whole scene out of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers that surrounds this story!).  I prefer Sabina.

CheriCO

I really like this name.  I work with a German woman named Sabine (pronounced sa-BEAN-uh), so I can't put it on our girl list, but otherwise, it would be on our list.

Jumperoo

Strongly dislike

abell77

it's ok, not horrible