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Sabra

“prickly pear cactus”

Language contexts for this entry: English, Arabic

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feminineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Arabic
2 language contexts: English Arabic
Follow the evidence: 3 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Sabra

Sabra is a feminine given name documented in English and Arabic. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic صَبَّار via Hebrew, with the stated meaning “prickly pear cactus”.

Arabic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “prickly pear cactus”

Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Hebrew
Arabic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: SabraCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Sabra is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Sabra’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 8 girls (rank 10917). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 16 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Sabra

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 8; applications; Rank #10,917
Peak year: 1961; 155 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Sabra in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	5	836	observed
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	5	1,024	observed
1885	10	695	observed
1886	7	897	observed
1887	13	633	observed
1888	9	894	observed
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	17	642	observed
1891	8	1,006	observed
1892	6	1,278	observed
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	6	1,353	observed
1895	5	1,592	observed
1896	9	1,122	observed
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	9	1,171	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	12	1,106	observed
1901	11	1,007	observed
1902	12	1,024	observed
1903	11	1,076	observed
1904	6	1,659	observed
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	6	1,821	observed
1908	5	2,101	observed
1909	5	2,208	observed
1910	9	1,634	observed
1911	13	1,300	observed
1912	10	1,844	observed
1913	11	1,883	observed
1914	11	2,125	observed
1915	17	1,883	observed
1916	17	1,949	observed
1917	17	1,996	observed
1918	14	2,376	observed
1919	17	2,063	observed
1920	20	1,952	observed
1921	15	2,378	observed
1922	20	1,957	observed
1923	17	2,169	observed
1924	27	1,643	observed
1925	15	2,378	observed
1926	13	2,569	observed
1927	9	3,284	observed
1928	13	2,497	observed
1929	16	2,098	observed
1930	23	1,661	observed
1931	36	1,199	observed
1932	40	1,130	observed
1933	29	1,330	observed
1934	45	1,035	observed
1935	33	1,244	observed
1936	22	1,593	observed
1937	26	1,451	observed
1938	44	1,079	observed
1939	37	1,194	observed
1940	41	1,132	observed
1941	49	1,041	observed
1942	46	1,162	observed
1943	33	1,442	observed
1944	34	1,381	observed
1945	32	1,418	observed
1946	38	1,419	observed
1947	51	1,270	observed
1948	44	1,386	observed
1949	49	1,304	observed
1950	49	1,302	observed
1951	44	1,415	observed
1952	50	1,368	observed
1953	53	1,332	observed
1954	58	1,300	observed
1955	40	1,617	observed
1956	50	1,506	observed
1957	46	1,588	observed
1958	83	1,164	observed
1959	41	1,720	observed
1960	47	1,637	observed
1961	155	848	observed
1962	136	904	observed
1963	102	1,065	observed
1964	117	982	observed
1965	75	1,240	observed
1966	62	1,396	observed
1967	60	1,428	observed
1968	55	1,539	observed
1969	70	1,370	observed
1970	63	1,544	observed
1971	69	1,473	observed
1972	55	1,627	observed
1973	59	1,570	observed
1974	46	1,881	observed
1975	45	1,963	observed
1976	67	1,523	observed
1977	50	1,952	observed
1978	47	2,012	observed
1979	54	1,917	observed
1980	61	1,785	observed
1981	59	1,848	observed
1982	45	2,220	observed
1983	49	2,047	observed
1984	59	1,812	observed
1985	68	1,691	observed
1986	69	1,691	observed
1987	69	1,733	observed
1988	88	1,521	observed
1989	81	1,686	observed
1990	73	1,905	observed
1991	90	1,656	observed
1992	69	1,987	observed
1993	65	2,090	observed
1994	57	2,295	observed
1995	57	2,309	observed
1996	66	2,084	observed
1997	56	2,360	observed
1998	56	2,461	observed
1999	51	2,703	observed
2000	40	3,334	observed
2001	35	3,703	observed
2002	32	3,978	observed
2003	32	4,109	observed
2004	33	4,172	observed
2005	24	5,266	observed
2006	21	6,125	observed
2007	38	4,050	observed
2008	31	4,761	observed
2009	13	8,888	observed
2010	19	6,641	observed
2011	27	5,063	observed
2012	23	5,710	observed
2013	25	5,317	observed
2014	15	7,636	observed
2015	8	11,835	observed
2016	6	14,331	observed
2017	12	8,776	observed
2018	7	12,464	observed
2019	10	9,736	observed
2020	6	13,453	observed
2021	6	13,464	observed
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	10	9,616	observed
2024	8	11,122	observed
2025	8	10,917	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Sabra” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Sabra
Whether Sabea or Sabra, the king of Egypt’s daughter, whom St. George saved from the dragon, was named with any view to St. Sabas, cannot be guessed. I have seen the name in an old English register, no doubt in honour of the exploit of our patron saint.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section V (Sunday Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

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A name worth keeping.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2

Wikidata Q3460703CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SabraCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section V (Sunday Names)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Sabra

Sabra is a feminine given name documented in English and Arabic. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic صَبَّار via Hebrew, with the stated meaning “prickly pear cactus”.

Arabic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “prickly pear cactus”

Borrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).

Follow the language links in this account

Read from more recent borrowed forms toward older source forms. This is a derivation account, not a dated timeline.

Hebrew
Arabic

Only explicit language links are shown. The full passage may also discuss word roots, comparisons or uncertain proposals.

Read the cited Wiktionary entry

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: SabraCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Sabra is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Sabra’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 8 girls (rank 10917). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 16 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Sabra

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 8; applications; Rank #10,917
Peak year: 1961; 155 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Sabra in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	5	836	observed
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	5	1,024	observed
1885	10	695	observed
1886	7	897	observed
1887	13	633	observed
1888	9	894	observed
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	17	642	observed
1891	8	1,006	observed
1892	6	1,278	observed
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	6	1,353	observed
1895	5	1,592	observed
1896	9	1,122	observed
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	9	1,171	observed
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	12	1,106	observed
1901	11	1,007	observed
1902	12	1,024	observed
1903	11	1,076	observed
1904	6	1,659	observed
1905	5	1,931	observed
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	6	1,821	observed
1908	5	2,101	observed
1909	5	2,208	observed
1910	9	1,634	observed
1911	13	1,300	observed
1912	10	1,844	observed
1913	11	1,883	observed
1914	11	2,125	observed
1915	17	1,883	observed
1916	17	1,949	observed
1917	17	1,996	observed
1918	14	2,376	observed
1919	17	2,063	observed
1920	20	1,952	observed
1921	15	2,378	observed
1922	20	1,957	observed
1923	17	2,169	observed
1924	27	1,643	observed
1925	15	2,378	observed
1926	13	2,569	observed
1927	9	3,284	observed
1928	13	2,497	observed
1929	16	2,098	observed
1930	23	1,661	observed
1931	36	1,199	observed
1932	40	1,130	observed
1933	29	1,330	observed
1934	45	1,035	observed
1935	33	1,244	observed
1936	22	1,593	observed
1937	26	1,451	observed
1938	44	1,079	observed
1939	37	1,194	observed
1940	41	1,132	observed
1941	49	1,041	observed
1942	46	1,162	observed
1943	33	1,442	observed
1944	34	1,381	observed
1945	32	1,418	observed
1946	38	1,419	observed
1947	51	1,270	observed
1948	44	1,386	observed
1949	49	1,304	observed
1950	49	1,302	observed
1951	44	1,415	observed
1952	50	1,368	observed
1953	53	1,332	observed
1954	58	1,300	observed
1955	40	1,617	observed
1956	50	1,506	observed
1957	46	1,588	observed
1958	83	1,164	observed
1959	41	1,720	observed
1960	47	1,637	observed
1961	155	848	observed
1962	136	904	observed
1963	102	1,065	observed
1964	117	982	observed
1965	75	1,240	observed
1966	62	1,396	observed
1967	60	1,428	observed
1968	55	1,539	observed
1969	70	1,370	observed
1970	63	1,544	observed
1971	69	1,473	observed
1972	55	1,627	observed
1973	59	1,570	observed
1974	46	1,881	observed
1975	45	1,963	observed
1976	67	1,523	observed
1977	50	1,952	observed
1978	47	2,012	observed
1979	54	1,917	observed
1980	61	1,785	observed
1981	59	1,848	observed
1982	45	2,220	observed
1983	49	2,047	observed
1984	59	1,812	observed
1985	68	1,691	observed
1986	69	1,691	observed
1987	69	1,733	observed
1988	88	1,521	observed
1989	81	1,686	observed
1990	73	1,905	observed
1991	90	1,656	observed
1992	69	1,987	observed
1993	65	2,090	observed
1994	57	2,295	observed
1995	57	2,309	observed
1996	66	2,084	observed
1997	56	2,360	observed
1998	56	2,461	observed
1999	51	2,703	observed
2000	40	3,334	observed
2001	35	3,703	observed
2002	32	3,978	observed
2003	32	4,109	observed
2004	33	4,172	observed
2005	24	5,266	observed
2006	21	6,125	observed
2007	38	4,050	observed
2008	31	4,761	observed
2009	13	8,888	observed
2010	19	6,641	observed
2011	27	5,063	observed
2012	23	5,710	observed
2013	25	5,317	observed
2014	15	7,636	observed
2015	8	11,835	observed
2016	6	14,331	observed
2017	12	8,776	observed
2018	7	12,464	observed
2019	10	9,736	observed
2020	6	13,453	observed
2021	6	13,464	observed
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	10	9,616	observed
2024	8	11,122	observed
2025	8	10,917	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Sabra
Whether Sabea or Sabra, the king of Egypt’s daughter, whom St. George saved from the dragon, was named with any view to St. Sabas, cannot be guessed. I have seen the name in an old English register, no doubt in honour of the exploit of our patron saint.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section V (Sunday Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2

Wikidata Q3460703CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: SabraCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter VII (Names From Holy Days), Section V (Sunday Names)Public domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Sabra

Arabic origin

Where Sabra is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Sabra

Arabic origin

Where Sabra is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page