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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Sabine f. Latin Sabini from Ancient Greek Σαβῖνοι, the exonymic name of an Italic tribe from the central Apennines, which also gave rise to a Latin cognomen Sabinus.

The cognomen of a 1st C AD Roman empress and a 2nd C Roman empress, and the name of a 2nd C Roman saint and a 4th C Roman saint.

England
Latin
1381 Sabina (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 77, Sabyn (nom) ibid. p. 111
1381 Sabbe (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 71, Sabella (nom) ibid. p. 102
Early Modern English
1589 Sabine DEmar-vol2 p. 17
1587 Sabe DEmar-vol2 p. 13
Italy
Latin
1527 Savina (nom) Rome1527 p. 90
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Sabine". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Sabine.