Sabrina
Sabrina is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The original word "Sabrina" comes from "Habren" or "Hafren" (probably Celtic for "river").
Sabrina is also the Latin name of the River Severn in England, which is said to have been named after a girl who drowned in it. Her legend is told in John Milton's Comus : Sabrina was a virgin king's daughter who was pursued by her stepmother and drowned in the river that has been named after her ever since. According to this legend, she is said to have become a nymph or goddess of this river after her death . Therefore, the meaning of the name Sabrina is often given as "nymph of the river Severn" or the like. She is also considered the patron saint of virgins in need .
The poem by John Milton gave the name to the filmed piece :
- "Sabrina fair, listen where thou art sitting,
- Under the glassy cool translucent wave,
- In twisted braids of lilies knitting
- The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair;
- Listen for dear honor's sake,
- Goddess of the silver lake,
- Listen and save! [...] "
- J. Milton: Comus.
distribution
In the first half of the 20th century the name Sabrina was rarely used in Germany. It wasn't until the 1950s and 1960s that girls were occasionally called Sabrina. The name quickly gained popularity in the late 1970s and was among the ten most frequently given female first names several times during the 1980s. Since the turn of the millennium, its popularity has decreased significantly again.
Well-known namesake
- Sabrina Anderlik (* 1989), German actress
- Sabrina Buchholz (* 1980), German biathlete
- Sabrina Carpenter (* 1999), American actress and singer
- Sabrina Delannoy (* 1986), French soccer player
- Sabrina Ferilli (* 1964), Italian film and theater actress
- Sabrina Fox (* 1958), German author and presenter
- Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski (* 1993), American physicist
- Sabrina Harman (* 1978), US soldier convicted of human rights abuses
- Sabrina Janesch (* 1985), German-Polish writer
- Sabrina Kruck (* 1981), German ice hockey player
- Sabrina Lange (* 1967), German reality TV participant
- Sabrina Litzinger (* 1984), German actress and presenter
- Sabrina Le Beauf (* 1958), American actress
- Sabrina Maier (* 1994), Austrian ski racer
- Sabrina Mockenhaupt (* 1980), German athlete
- Sabrina Ouazani (* 1988), French actress
- Sabrina Paradies (* 1977), German photo model
- Sabrina Qunaj (* 1986), Austrian writer
- Sabrina Reiter (* 1983), Austrian actress
- Sabrina Sabrok (* 1976), Argentine actress and singer
- Sabrina Sadowska (* 1964), Swiss ballet dancer, choreographer and benefactor
- Sabrina Salerno (* 1968), Italian pop singer
- Sabrina Setlur (* 1974), German rapper
- Sabrina Simader (* 1998), Kenyan-Austrian ski racer
- Sabrina Starke (* 1979), Dutch singer-songwriter
- Sabrina Staubitz (* 1968), German television presenter
- Sabrina Tophofen (* 1980), German author and activist for the rights of children and the homeless
- Sabrina Viguier (* 1981), French soccer player
- Sabrina Weckerlin (* 1986), German singer and musical performer
- Sabrina White (* 1972), German comedian and popular actress
- Sabrina Zwach (* 1969), German theater maker and curator
Stage name:
- Sabrina (1936–2016), British actress and sex symbol, actually Norma Ann Sykes
- Sabrina Salerno , usually (born 1968), Italian pop singer as Sabrina occurred
- Sabrina (* 1982), a Portuguese pop singer, actually Teresa Villa-Lobos
Further use:
- (2264) Sabrina , name of an asteroid of the main belt
variants
- Sabria (Canadian)
- Brinchen (Low German)
