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Sabra
Opinions on Sabra? SAY-bruh. I've known one.
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NMSAA.
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It looks and sounds nice enough, but it's the term used to define old-stock Israelis, so for me it mainly conveys images of burly pioneer-type guys. Moreover, it means "prickly pear" in Hebrew, that's where it comes from, actually.
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I like it better SAH-bruh. Less like a saber. It's not my style really, but I don't mind it.Although it does remind me of the winner of the last So You Think You Can Dance.
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Weapon in a video game I LOVE. Ew.

This message was edited 4/25/2008, 9:08 PM

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I really like Sabra, but I've never known one.
I'd love to meet one, though :)
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Sabra was the name of last season's winner of So You Think You Can Dance, so that's the first thing I think of when I see the name. It's not horrible, but I wouldn't use it myself.
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There was a Sabra that I went to high school with. I always thought it was a pretty name.
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I always assumed this was pronounced SAB-ruh, the first syllable to rhyme with stab. I think there used to be a TV presenter over here with the name. It's quite pretty but not really my style.
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I know one too, and I really dislike the sound. I don't think there has ever been a time when someone hasn't called her saber / sabre.
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I heard it the first time in the Andy Irvine song "Time Will Cure Me," but pronounced with the first A to sound like that in apple. So I think of cacti and native-born Israeli Jews, really. It's such a specific association that I wouldn't think of it as a given name right off the bat. I'd rather go with the similar Sabrina or above that, to deviate a bit further, with Sabine or Sabina. http://www.chinatogalway.com/song%20words%20time%20will%20cure.htm
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Like a Saber?NMSAA.
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Tooth tiger.
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Ditto, and also...(m)It's a cactus fruit. Israelis refer to themselves as sabras because they're "prickly on the outside but sweet on the inside". I really don't think it makes a good name. It's also a kind of military tank.Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra
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I've known one, too. She was a mischievous little blonde girl whom I grew up with. We used to call her Sabra tooth tiger. I like the name primarily because of her, but I also like the combination of letters, as well. I find it quite lovely.
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