Saban as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Saban

What is the meaning of the name Saban ?

The baby name Saban is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SAH-bahn.

Saban is Arabic, Bosnian, Turkish in Origin.

Saban is most securely treated as a diacritic-free form of Turkish Şaban and Balkan Šaban, from Arabic Shaʿbān, the name of the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The Arabic form is built on the root š-ʿ-b, to branch, divide, or disperse; medieval lexicographers explained the month name as referring to tribes scattering in search of water. Turkish saban, a separate common noun for plough, is usually not the personal name’s source.

The name spread with Islam into Ottoman Turkish and then into Bosnian, Albanian, and South Slavic Muslim naming, normally written Şaban, Shaban, or Šaban according to local orthography. It remained tied to the religious calendar rather than to a saint cult or biblical figure. Modern English-language visibility is mostly diasporic, with additional recognition from American football coach Nick Saban, whose surname is unrelated to regular given-name use.