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Sabrina

Girl name · 245 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Sabrina: 245 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 19 births in 1979.

The name Sabrina reaches back to ancient Britain, Latinised from the Welsh *Hafren*, the original name for the River Severn. Legend tells of a princess drowned in its waters whose name became forever linked to the river. Most famously, the 1954 film *Sabrina* starring Audrey Hepburn gave the name a glamorous, mid-century renaissance, and more recently singer and actress Sabrina Carpenter has kept it in the public eye. The river itself shares a root with the county of Glamorgan and the town of Severn Beach. A further note: Sabrina also appears as a spirit in John Milton’s masque *Comus*, reinforcing its enduring place in British literary lore.