Origin of the name Sabrina:
Of uncertain etymology, Sabrina is believed to be of Celtic origin, as it is borne in Celtic mythology by an illegitimate daughter of the Welsh king Locrine. The child was ordered drowned by the king's wife, Gwendolen, thus giving her name to the river in which the foul deed took place. Latin writings of the 1st century list the river's name as Sabrina, but it is now known as the Severn.
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when I first had my daughter, while I was pregnant I looked up Sabrina, and the name meant light and bright eyed....There was no celtic reference.....And my daughter has very pretty eyes and she lights up everyone she knows with her laughter and playfulness....
I absolutely hated my name all throughout my child hood and thought it ugly... Now I like that it is not a extremely common name and now find it beautiful...
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Every time I tell someone my name they bring up Sabrina The Teenage Witch.(It can get pretty annoying.)
I agree with the Sabrina The Teenage Witch thing, that got old really quickly. Although I haven't heard it much in the last 5 years, so little girls named Sabrina probably won't have the same problem. My family calls me "Brini" as a nickname.
- Nicknames for Sabrina: | Edit
Bree, Brina, Rina, Sabby, Sabs, Sab
My husband nicknamed our daughter "Sabie Baby."
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My middle name is Sabrina (but it's spelled Sabrena by my mother, and Sebrina by my father, long story), and I looked up the meaning of the name several years ago, and it meant "Princess". I like that meaning way more than what I'm finding it means now. Someone should change it back!!
- Famous real-life people named Sabrina: | Edit
Sabrina Bryan, American singer, member of pop group The Cheetah Girls.
- Sabrina in song, story & screen: | Edit
Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, 1954 film starring Audrey Hepburn; also a 1995 remake starring Harrison Ford.
Sabrina is the water-nymph which rescues the children from danger in John Milton's "Masque at Ludlow Castle (Comus)." A section of the poem is quoted in the play "Sabrina Fair" on which the two films are based.
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Global Popularity of the Name Sabrina
- #93 in Canada (Quebec)
- #104 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #185 in United States
- #310 in Canada (Alberta)
- #437 in Norway
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