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What does Sarai mean?
Sarai 
▲ as a name for girls has its root in Hebrew, and the meaning of the name Sarai is "princess". Sarai is a variant form of Sarah (Hebrew). Biblical: originally called Sarai.
STARTS WITH Sar-
ASSOCIATED WITH princess
Variations
VARIANTS Zaria▲, Zarah, Zara▲, Zahra▲, Serah, Sera, Sarrey, Sarrah, Sarra, Sarie, Saria, Sari, Sarhah, Sarha, Saraia, Sara▼, Sairah, Saira
OTHER FORMS VIA SARAH Sadee, Sadie, Sadye▼, Sal, Salli, Sallie▼, Sally▼, Sarahity, Saralee, Saralyn, Saramae, Saran, Sareen, Sarely, Sarena, Sarika, Sarina, Sarine, Sarita, Sarka, Sasa, Serach, Shara, Shari▼
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Sabrai, ..
(male) Sasi, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Sarai Violette (S.V.), ..
How popular is Sarai?
Sarai is a somewhat prominent first name for women (#4112 out of 4276, Top 96%) and also a somewhat prominent surname for all people (#111740 out of 150436, Top 74%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Sarai was first listed in 1980-1989 and reached its top rank of #398 in the U.S. in the year 2007, and is presently at #408. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Sarai (#408 IN RECENT RANKINGS) ranked in the Top 2000 are Sarah (#67), Sadie (#87), Sara (#173), Zara (#253), Zahra (#589), Zaria (#753), Sally (#1211), Zarah (#1785), Sarina (#1853), Sarena, Sari, Sadye, Sarita, Sarrah, Sera, Shara, Shari, Sallie and Saira. Other forms, like Saraia, are uncommon. These relations of Sarai were favored as baby names a century ago (USAGE OF 2.11%) and are now significantly less conventional (USAGE 0.71%, DOWN 66.4%), with forms like Sara becoming somewhat outmoded. Zara, Zahra, Sarai and Zaria are four of the more fashionable girl names in this list.
Similar Names
Sarai▲ is alike in pronunciation to Ceara, Cearaa, Cera, Ciara▼, Cira, Ciri, Cyra, Cyrah, Sahra, Sariah▲, Seara, Searra, Siara, Siera, Siri, Siria, Soraya▲, Suri, Syria, Zahrah, Zaira, Zariah▲, Zarria, Zary and Zayra. Other recommended sound-alike names are Janai, Lanai, Saba, Sabah, Sabra, Sabrah, Sachi, Sada, Sadah, Saffi, Sami, Sammi, Sana, Sandi▼, Shadai, Sharae, Sharaia, Sharan, Sharay, Shardai and Sherai. These names tend to be less commonly used than Sarai.
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