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Meaning of the nameSabrina

Sabrina is a feminine name of Celtic origin, a Latin adaptation of the Welsh Habren, the name of the River Severn, whose meaning is unknown.

Meaning

The meaning of Sabrina is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
186,700
Rank in Brazil
#177
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
179,643
people

Sabrina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sabrina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (72,623 people).

185,782 women 918 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Sabrina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Sabrina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.137%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.132%
  3. Amazonas 0.117%
  4. Amapá 0.116%
  5. Acre 0.107%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo43,2980.098%
Minas Gerais21,8780.107%
Rio de Janeiro15,3240.095%
Rio Grande do Sul14,3870.132%
Santa Catarina10,4530.137%
Bahia10,2950.073%
Paraná10,1410.089%
Ceará7,6820.087%
Pernambuco6,8280.075%
Pará6,4430.079%
Goiás4,7380.067%
Amazonas4,6200.117%
Maranhão4,2460.063%
Espírito Santo3,7470.098%
Paraíba3,1830.080%
Distrito Federal2,5350.090%
Piauí2,3540.072%
Mato Grosso2,3510.064%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,9650.071%
Rio Grande do Norte1,9230.058%
Alagoas1,8290.059%
Sergipe1,7670.080%
Rondônia1,6100.102%
Tocantins8920.059%
Acre8860.107%
Amapá8500.116%
Roraima4750.075%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Sabrina

Behind the Name explains Sabrina as a Latinized form of Habren, the original Welsh name of the River Severn, whose meaning is unknown. A medieval legend tells of a princess Sabrina drowned in the river, but the source considers it more likely that the character's name came from the river, and not the other way around. Wiktionary derives the Latin Sabrina, the name of the river, from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 186,700 people named Sabrina, with a median age of 22.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Sabrina · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Sabrina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sabrina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Sabrina

What does the name Sabrina mean?

The meaning of Sabrina is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Sabrina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 186,700 people with the first name Sabrina, which ranks it number 177 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Sabrina a boy's or a girl's name?

Sabrina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 185,782 women and 918 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Sabrina?

Sabrina is a name of Celtic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Sabrina most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.137% of the state's population is named Sabrina (10,453 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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