Sabra
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Hebrew: 'thorny cactus'; used for those born in Israel
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈsɑbɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Sabra is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 88K(measured from records)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 5.3K
- TNTunisia≈1 in 7.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 307 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Hebrew: 'thorny cactus'; used for those born in Israel
Sources 1
- African Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Sabra, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sabra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | #795 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | — | Sabra | 23 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Sabra | 22 |
| US United States | — | 3,760 | 1 in 88K | 3.7K | Sabra | 307 |
| TN Tunisia | #712 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Sabra | 19 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 36K | listed | Sabra | 11 |
| OM Oman | #434 | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Sabra | 12 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sabra is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, refugee camp, Lebanon; native Israeli
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Hebrew; a thorny cactus, or 'to rest'
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as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
In French, third-person singular past historic of sabrer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sabra Kleinb. 1901USAmerican microbiologist
- Sabra Loomisb. 1938USAmerican writer
- Sabra Lopesb. 1950DEGerman opera singer
- Sabra Laneb. 1968AUAustralian journalist and radio presenter
- Sabra Malkinsonb. 1970USAmerican actress
- Sabra Johnsonb. 1987USDutch dancer
- Sabra WilliamsGBBritish actress and presenter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 482 | #47,446 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 366 | #55,962 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 294 | #63,450 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sabra mean, and where does it come from?
- Hebrew: 'thorny cactus'; used for those born in Israel Recorded by African Names.
- How do you pronounce Sabra?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsɑbɹə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Sabra a male or female name?
- Sabra is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Sabra have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Sabra in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sabra.
- How common is the name Sabra?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,760 people named Sabra in 2020, about 1 in 88 thousand residents.
- How common is Sabra compared with other names?
- In Tanzania, Sabra is the 795th most common given name of 37,285 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Sabra?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sabraThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sabra” — the 795th most common given name in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.