 In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1242 - "Zklabonya", later as "Sclabonya" (1252), "Sclouuan" (Slovan - the native name of Slavs, 1266), "Sclabana" (1309) but also as "Szklabinka" (1736) or in the Hungarized form "Szklabinya" (1786).The locality was settled already by the people of Púchov culture who built a hillfort near the present-day village.The remains of the hillfort were reused in the Early Middle Ages by the Slavs.