Sabbatini, with its variations Sabbatino (plural form thereof), Sabbadin, Sabbadino and Sabbadini, is a family name of

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origin. Other variants use one ''b'' only, such as

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, Sabatino, Sabadin, Sabadini and Sabadino and are also very common names in Italy. Variations with a double ''t'' (particularly in foreign countries where Italians emigrated to), such as in Sabattini and Sabbattini, also exist. Still rarer variations are ''Sabbatello'', ''Sabbatiello'', ''Sabbatella'', ''Sabbatinella'', ''Sabbatucci'' and ''Zabbatini'', all having also a version with a single ''b''. During the

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time, it existed in the Sabbatinus form. Variations of these names in Latin started to appear already in the 8th century. Sabbatini and Sabatini have different pronunciations in Italian, since the double b requires a short labial stop between them. The same happens with Sabattini and Sabatini. The name is a

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, i.e., it originated from the name of an ascendant person, and it is related to ''sabato'', Italian for Saturday, indirectly from shabbat (rest), the weekly day of rest holiday for

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probably because the person was born in a Saturday. Due to the reference to the

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holiday, it has been speculated that people with this surname were

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s or marranos (Christianized Jews in the medieval times), but this is so far unsubstantiated. What is known for sure is that gentile families used to give the name Sabbato or Sabbatin to children who were born on Saturdays, as they used also Domenico to baptize children born on Sundays. Sabbatini is therefore the plural form used to name the descendants of someone who was named Sabbatin, Sabbatino or Sabbato. Records indicate that the specific Sabbatini surname appeared for the first time in a noble family in

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, in the form Sabbadini. Since the 13th century it is a very specific surname of the region of Marche. Today, it is present also in the Abruzzo region (mainly as Sabatini, but also as Sabatino, Sabatini and Sabbatini) and in the

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region, around

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(where the more rare surname Sabbatino is present). Due to the strong

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of Italians in the late 19th century and early 20th century, the Sabbatini family name and its variations are strongly present in

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(mostly in the Southern and Southeastern regions, specially in the cities of

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and

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, Australia and the United States (with higher concentrations in the states of New York,

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and

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Notable people

Andrea Sabbatini Andrea Sabbatini (1487–1530) (var. Andrea Sabatini or Andrea da Salerno) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was born in Salerno, and initially trained under Raimondo Epifanio in Naples, but move to Rome and became a close discipl ...

(1487–1530), Italian painter of the Renaissance, one of the best pupils of Raphael *

Lorenzo Sabbatini Lorenzo Sabbatini or Sabatini, Sabattini or Sabadini (c. 1530–1576), sometimes referred to as Lorenzino da Bologna, was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period from Bologna. Biography Sabbatini was born in Bologna and studied with Pr ...

(c. 1530–1576), Italian renaissance painter * Nicola Sabbatini (1574–1654), Italian architect and engineer * Galeazzo Sabbatini (1597–1662), Italian musician and composer * Pietro Paolo Sabbatini (c.1600–1658), Italian composer * Ludovico Sabbatini (1650–1724), Italian priest and religious teacher *

Gaetano Sabatini Gaetano Sabatini (1703–1734; or 1731), also known as ''il Mutarolo'' (or ''Il Mutolo'') due to his deaf-mutism, was an Italian draftsman and Baroque painter. Born in Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulågg ...

(1703–1734), Italian painter *

Francesco Sabatini Francesco Sabatini (1721 – 19 February 1797), also known as Francisco Sabatini, was an Italian architect of the 18th century who worked in Spain. Biography Born in Palermo, he studied architecture in Rome. His first contacts with the Spa ...

(1722–1797), Italian architect who worked in Spain * Luigi Antonio Sabbatini (1732–1809), Italian composer * Leopoldo Sabbatini (1860–1914), first rector of Bocconi University at Milano *

Rafael Sabatini Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels. He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: ''The Sea Hawk'' (1915), ''Scaramouche'' (1921), ''Captain Blood'' (a.k.a ...

(1875–1950), Italian/British author *

Amadeo Sabattini Amadeo Tomás Sabattini (May 29, 1892 – February 29, 1960) was an Argentine politician. He served as Governor of Córdoba from May 17, 1936, to May 17, 1940. Sabattini was born in Buenos Aires to immigrant parents: His mother was Uruguayan, ...

(1892–1960), reformist governor of Córdoba Province, Argentina * Innocenzo Sabbatini (1891–1983), Italian architect * Enrico Sabbatini (1932–1998), Italian costume designer for the theater and cinema industry *

Renato M.E. Sabbatini Renato Marcos Endrizzi Sabbatini (born 20 February 1947, Campinas) is a retired professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and at the State University of Campinas Institute of Biology. He received a B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences from M ...

(born 1947), Brazilian scientist and writer * Gabriella Sabbatini (born 1950), Italian poet * Gaia Sabbatini (born 1999), Italian middle-distance runner * Giuseppe Sabbatini (born 1957), Italian opera singer *

Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 ...

(born 1970), Argentine tennis player *

Rory Sabbatini Rory Mario Trevor Sabbatini (born 2 April 1976) is a South African-Slovak professional golfer. Sabbatini won six times on the PGA Tour between 2000 and 2011 and was runner-up in the 2007 Masters. He spent 21 weeks in the world top-10 in late-2 ...

(born 1974), South African professional golfer

External links

The Great Sabbatini Encyclopedia
In Portuguese.
The Sabbatini surname in the USA
Ancestry.com (paid access). {{surname Surnames of Italian origin