Sabina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from Latin Sabina.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sabina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sabina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 86 |
| 1999 | 80 |
| 2000 | 63 |
| 2001 | 61 |
| 2002 | 72 |
| 2003 | 48 |
| 2004 | 43 |
| 2005 | 38 |
| 2006 | 37 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 24 |
| 2009 | 24 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,633 |
| 2000 | 3,704 |
| 2001 | 3,790 |
| 2002 | 3,889 |
| 2003 | 3,969 |
| 2004 | 4,023 |
| 2005 | 4,050 |
| 2006 | 4,128 |
| 2007 | 4,180 |
| 2008 | 4,232 |
| 2009 | 4,252 |
| 2010 | 4,284 |
| 2011 | 4,323 |
| 2012 | 4,349 |
| 2013 | 4,380 |
| 2014 | 4,398 |
| 2015 | 4,415 |
| 2016 | 4,453 |
| 2017 | 4,475 |
| 2018 | 4,486 |
| 2019 | 4,494 |
| 2020 | 4,507 |
Sabina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sabina.Hi! My name is Sabina.
- Sabina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Sabina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Sabina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sabina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sabinas mamma är lärare.Sabina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sabinas mamma is Sabina's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Sabina
How do you pronounce Sabina in Swedish?
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What does the name Sabina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from Latin Sabina.
How popular is Sabina in Sweden?
2 babies were named Sabina in 2022. In 2020, 4,507 people in Sweden had Sabina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.