Sabine
Meaning and origin
From the Latin saint's name Sabina.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Sabine (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sabine has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2007. 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 716 |
| 2000 | 736 |
| 2001 | 752 |
| 2002 | 760 |
| 2003 | 788 |
| 2004 | 799 |
| 2005 | 811 |
| 2006 | 826 |
| 2007 | 854 |
| 2008 | 874 |
| 2009 | 890 |
| 2010 | 901 |
| 2011 | 912 |
| 2012 | 905 |
| 2013 | 914 |
| 2014 | 913 |
| 2015 | 918 |
| 2016 | 923 |
| 2017 | 930 |
| 2018 | 926 |
| 2019 | 937 |
| 2020 | 939 |
Sabine in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sabine.Hi! My name is Sabine.
- Sabine bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Sabine lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Sabine kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sabine is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sabines mamma är lärare.Sabine's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sabines mamma is Sabine's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Sabine
How do you pronounce Sabine in Swedish?
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What does the name Sabine mean?
From the Latin saint's name Sabina.
How popular is Sabine in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Sabine in 2022. In 2020, 939 people in Sweden had Sabine as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2007 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.