High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sabrina or Sabreena is an Arabic name which has roots in the semitic Sabr, meaning patience. Sabrina is also a feminine given name derived from the name of the River Severn in Wales. According to a twelfth century legend recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Habren or Sabrina, the Romanized form of the name, was the daughter of a king named Locrinus by his mistress, the Hunnish princess Estrildis. Locrinus ruled England after the death of his father, Brutus of Troy, the legendary second founder of Britain.