THE NAME FIRST APPEARED IN THE ENGLISH POEM "ODE TO SAINT GEORGE" AND WAS THE NAME "FAIR SABRA", WHICH PHRASE APPEARS IN THE VERY EARLIEST CENSUS OF THE COLONIES AS THE FIRST NAME OF MANY WOMEN FROM U.K. SOMETIMES PEOPLE BELIEVE IT IS MIDDLE EASTERN BECAUSE THE ODE REVOLVES AROUND ST GEORGE'S CRUSADE IN THE HOLY LAND. HE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF ENGLAND WHO LOVED "FAIR SABRA" THE KING'S DAUGHTER. MY GRANDMOTHER AND SISTER HAD THIS FOR A MIDDLE NAME AND MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER-- FOR HER GIVEN NAME. I RESEARCHED IT.