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Sabrina

A name of Latinized origin.

OriginLatinized
PronunciationEnglish /sə.ˈbɹin.ə/; Italian /sa.ˈbri.na/; German /za.ˈbʁiː.na/; French /sa.bʁi.na/; Spanish /sa.ˈβɾi.na/; European Portuguese /sɐ.ˈbɾi.nɐ/; Brazilian Portuguese /sa.ˈbɾĩ.nɐ/
Usage languagesDutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
US rank (2025)#321

Meaning and history

Sabrina is the Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn. Geoffrey of Monmouth described Sabrina as a princess drowned in the river, which was supposedly named for her, though her name more likely came from the river's name, whose meaning is unknown. She later appeared as a water nymph in John Milton's Comus (1634). Modern interest followed the play Sabrina Fair (1953) and its 1954 film adaptation, while Sabrina the Teenage Witch and a character in Charlie's Angels produced later increases in popularity.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 1,795 births, rank #196
2007: 1,729 births, rank #197
2008: 1,824 births, rank #184
2009: 1,512 births, rank #214
2010: 1,433 births, rank #219
20112011: 1,230 births, rank #261
2012: 1,191 births, rank #273
2013: 1,132 births, rank #281
2014: 1,009 births, rank #333
2015: 926 births, rank #353
20162016: 881 births, rank #369
2017: 740 births, rank #432
2018: 737 births, rank #426
2019: 788 births, rank #390
2020: 804 births, rank #388
20212021: 790 births, rank #400
2022: 761 births, rank #413
2023: 776 births, rank #396
2024: 872 births, rank #357
20252025: 956 births, rank #321

Sabrina rose from #360 to #321 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1997, with 5,816 births.