Given name & surname
Say
“a talkative man”
Say is a variant of Sae. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Say is a variant of Sae. One American interpretation is “a talkative man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Say is a variant of Sai. Sai has been associated with Egyptian and Japanese naming traditions. Say is a variant of Sae. An origin associated with Sae is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Say 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
Say through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 92
- 30 boys · 62 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,705 as a first name in 2020; 6,206 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.
Say’s family of names
Say has a related form in Sai. Say has a related form in Sae. In English usage, Say as a surname has a related form in Saye.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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