Given name & surname

Sae

“a talkative man”

Sae is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is American.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sae is a variant of Sai. The history of Sai gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Sai is associated with the personification of destiny.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Sae through the years

Babies since 1880
83
5 boys · 78 girls
Most popular year
2009
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
0246198020002025Highest share 2009Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Sae in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1980–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 781 as a first name in 2020; 113 as a surname in 2000.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sae’s family of names

Sae has a related form in Sai. Sae has a related form in Sai. Sae has a related form in Say.

Walk Sae’s family in the name graph

Sae紗枝紗依砂恵さえ小枝សែΣάεSaiSaySaye

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Around the world

Sae has relatives in 3 languages.

GreekJapanese

7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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“a darling daughter”

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“a quiet and wellbehaved child”

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“a hero of God”

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“one who is cautious”

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>99% girls

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