🔥Sarai

Hebrew

"princess"

Sarai Origin and Meaning

The name Sarai is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess".

Sharp but sweet, ancient but with a contemporary sound, Sarai has been rising steadily up the US charts since the 90s and now sits comfortably in the Top 1000. In the Old Testament, God changed Sarai's name to Sara, so this would make a clever and legitimate honor name for an ancestral Sarah.

Familiar in Mexico and Spain, and given to around 700 girls in the US in each recent year, Sarai is a rare choice elswehere. It is also pronounced slightly differently depending on where you are in the world, with sehr-EYE or suh-RYE used by English speakers and sar-ah-EE among those who speak Spanish.

There is also the pretty variation Sarahi to consider. Popular in Mexico, it makes the Spanish pronunciation sar-ah-EE more obvious.

Sarai Rank in US Top 1000

# 445 in the US

Sarai Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 847 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Sarai

• 445 US 2024
• 847 Nameberry 2025
• 500 Future 2028
• 204 Mexico 2021

20 Names Similar to Sarai

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• Meera
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• Nayeli
• Melia
• Darya
• Kassia
• Samira
• Rhya
• Kallista
• Kalina
• Inara
• Imani
• Cambria
• Giada
• Ximena
• Kalila
• Alanis
• Lyssa
• Rena
• Farah

Famous People Named Sarai

• Sarai Marie Howard aka Miss 86 American rapper
• Sarai Givaty Israeli actress and model
• Sarai Sherman American painter
• Sarai Gascón Moreno Spanish Paralympic swimmer
• Sarai Walker American novelist

The name Sarai in Pop Culture

• Saraiyu "Sarai" Balitang character from the "Daughter of the Lioness" series by Tamora Pierce
• Sarai character from "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
• Queen Sarai character from "The Dragon Prince" (by the creators of ATLA)