Given name & surname
Sabino
“of a tribe of ancient Italy”
Sabino is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “of a tribe of ancient Italy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “of a tribe of ancient Italy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sabino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,887
- 1,887 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,124 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,124 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,591 as a first name in 2020; 2,546 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sabino’s family of names
In Italian usage, Sabino has a conventional equivalent in the English form Sabin. Sabino has a related form in Sabin. Sabino has a related form in Sabian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sabino has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sabianvariant
- Savinovariant · Italian, English
- Sabienvariant
- Savinvariant
- Sabinvariant · English
- Saveanovariant
- Saveinovariant
- Savienovariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sabino
- Sabino AranaBasque nationalist, writer and politician (1865–1903)
- Sabino BarinagaSpanish footballer and manager (1922-1988)
- Sabino BilbaoSpanish footballer (1897-1983)
- Sabinus of SpoletoLate 3rd-century bishop and Christian martyr300–303
- Sabino CasseseItalian judgeborn 1935
- Sabinus of CanosaItalian bishop461–566
- Rafael Sabinoassociation football player (1996-)
- Sabino BrunelloItalian chess playerborn 1989
- Sabino Fernández Campo, 1st Count of LatoresGrandee of Spain1918–2009
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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