Sabina

Sabina is a Latin name referring to a woman of the Sabines, an ancient people of central Italy. Its meaning therefore preserves a connection with a historical community. The Sabines appear in accounts and legends of early Rome, giving the name a classical background without requiring a more speculative translation of the tribe's own name.

Sabina also has a varied literary life. It appears in Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of Our Teeth and in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, where the characters have very different stories. Sabine is a closely related form used in several European languages. Sabina keeps the Latin-style ending that has traveled through centuries of later naming.