Given name & surname · also Egyptian
Sai
“a talkative man”
Sai is a variant of Sae. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”
Original Japanese栽
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sai is a variant of Sae. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Egyptian and Japanese naming traditions.
The story
In mythological stories, Sai is associated with the personification of destiny.
Sai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,159
- 1,696 boys · 463 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 96 babies
- 2025
- 93
- #1,863 for boys · #11,745 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 82% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 85 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,863 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,716 as a first name in 2020; 870 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sai’s family of names
Sai has a related form in Say. Sai has a related form in Sae. Sai has a related form in Sae.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sai
- Sai PallaviIndian actress and influencerborn 1992
- B. Sai PraneethIndian badminton playerborn 1992
- Sai DhanshikaIndian actressborn 1989
- Sai Pratheek K.badminton playerborn 2000
- Sai LokurIndian actress (born 1986)born 1989
- Sai Ketan RaoIndian actorborn 1994
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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