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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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.

The English diminutive Sab and the vernacular form Sabyn are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Sabsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 305) and Sabynsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 153).

England
Latin
● 1199 Sabina (nom) RotCur2 p. 8, Sabinam (acc) ibid. p. 94; 1222 Sabina (nom) StPaulDom p. 45; 1279–80 Sabina (nom) WaHR-SK p. 91; 1340xc1450 Sabina (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 71; 1379 Sabina (nom) WRYPT1 p. 20; 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
◑ 1560/1 Sabel RegSASel p. 7; 1587 Sabe DEmar-vol2 p. 13
France
Latin
● 814 Savina (nom) StVdM-II G3
Hungary
Latin
● 1276 Sabina (nom) ÁSznt p. 686
Italy
Latin
● 1527 Savina (nom) Rome1527 p. 90
Cite as: M. Slíz, S.L. Uckelman. "Sabine". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Sabine.