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Braided with threads of grace and a subtle touch of melancholy -- Sarai, an ever-exotic picture of royalty, is a glorious name bestowed with an illustrious meaning, yet, within its syllables, there lingers an edge of wistfulness. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it is an enthralling melody played on a violin, the bittersweet notes meandering on thin air. It bears the weight of a silent longing, as if the princess in its story contemplates a distant, fanciful hamlet beyond the castle walls. She gazes deeply at her own thoughts, yearning for a time and space which must elude the present. Sarai is a spectacular reminder that, even in the midst of grandeur, the heart may harbor a gentle ache for the intangible.
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I'm not a huge fan of it. It's an ok name. I would not use it for a daughter. I would rate it 4/10.
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It's such a very pretty and beautiful name.
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In English, it can also be pronounced as /sə.ˈɹaɪ/ (sə-RIE). [noted -ed]
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Such a gorgeous spin on the name Sarah. The meaning is also more personal.
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Sarai is like a cooler version of Sarah. Sarah is beautiful, don’t get me wrong…but Sarai? I pronounce this name as “Suh-RYE,” by the way.
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Seems incomplete like it’s missing something, but it’s an OK name.
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A pretty and heavily underused name with a beautiful meaning!
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Cute sound to it but horrible spelling!
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I find this name really strong and euphonic. I find it much better and more original than the worldwide popular names Sarah and Sara.
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Cute! I prefer this 100% to the overused Sarah. I also like Sara.
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Ugh, no. Ugliest name in the book. Besides Margaret, of course. Very "hillbilly" name.
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Also is a future tense of the verb essere, meaning "you will be" in Italian.
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I actually really like this name. It’s cute and I love the meaning. Overall unique. I pronounce it as sur-RYE, it’s prettiest that way in my opinion. I would seriously consider the name Sarai for a daughter one day.
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I agree with ciara23.
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Spanish pronunciation is "sa-ra-ee" (the "r" is a single-tap r)
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Queen Sarai is a character in The Dragon Prince. She was the wife of King Harrow and the mother of two of the main characters, Callum and Ezran, whose death was at the hands of the Dragon King and in turn resulted in humans killing the Dragon King in vengeance.
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I used to love this name and Sarah.
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Sarai means "you'll be" in Italian.
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I always thought it was pronounced Sa-ray which I never really liked. But I'm happy I found out this pronunciation, it's so much prettier to me!
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This is my name. I hate my name- people always pronounce it wrong and I just hate it.
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My daughter's name is Sarai, pronounced suh-RYE. I saw it written in the bible and that's how I pronounced it, and no one corrected me. I always thought it was pretty when I was a teen, and decided that my first daughter (if I had kids) would be named Sarai.
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I prefer this to the less common Sarah, as you hear it less and it still has Biblical roots and meaning. If you like Sarah, but want something less common, this is a great alternative.
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Also spelled "Sarae".
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Makes me think too much of psoriasis.
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I didn't know my name meant "Princess".
That's awesome, I love my name now.
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That's awesome, I love my name now.
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It is my name and I like it. One day I was at the airport and a woman told me that I should change that name into Sarah. I asked why she said that Sarai means childless! I dis-agred with her and am now 21 weeks pregnant!
Thanks, I did not know the meaning of my name and now I have known it. Princess.
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Thanks, I did not know the meaning of my name and now I have known it. Princess.
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Sarai is a biblical name. Sarai means "princess". Sarai was the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She had 3 names in her lifetime; Yescah as a child, which means "to see/gaze upon", Sarai which she changed to once she was older during a spiritual refinement, & Sarah, the name given to her by God. Sarai was known for her prophecy, her astounding beauty, kindness, purity, and loyalty to God. She was also a role model to mothers during and well beyond her time. Sarai/Sarah was truly blessed with many miracles by God during her lifetime; one being the ability to give birth to her only son Isaac, pain free, at the age of 90yrs old after believing to be unable to bear children for many years.
(Baby on the way will be named Sarai.)
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(Baby on the way will be named Sarai.)
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Sarai means 'palace' in Turkish.
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Wow, I didn't know this was a real name. I know someone with this name, and I always thought her parents made it up as a "creative" form of Sarah or something. I honestly don't know how she pronounces it, because most teachers say it like Sarah E, and she says that it's correct. It sounds really ridiculous to be honest, I'm pretty sure it's more like Sair-eye, which sounds pretty cool.
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I can't say I like this name. The questionable meaning solidifies my feeling. Singer Brandy Norwood has a daughter named Sarai, but she spells it Sy'rai. Norwood's spelling is a bit more updated and less boring. IMO.
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In "The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary", which is the Torah translated into English by Robert Alter, the commentary offers another explanation to the origin of the name Sarai, other than the possible meaning of "contentious". "The only difference between Sarai and Sarah is that the former reflects an archaic feminine suffix, the latter, the normative feminine suffix: both versions of the name mean "princess"". Robert Alter is a professor of the Hebrew language so his interpretation of the name is likely to be accurate. [noted -ed]
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Croatian form of this name is Saraja pronounced sahr-EYE-ah.
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Sarai means quarrelsome, and Sarah means Princess. The bible says that she was the most beautiful in all the land so beautiful that Abraham said that they were cousins so the pharaoh wouldn't kill him to take her for his wife. My daughter Sarai gets a lot of compliments.
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Pronounced "sah-rie".
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One of my friends is named Sarai, and I think that it's really pretty compared to Sarah. Even though she pronounces it the same way.
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I absolutely love this name! It is not one of those common names that everyone has. The one downfall I find is that I constantly have to tell people how to pronounce it and they still can't. If it wasn't my name I would name my first daughter Sarai.
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I've always pronounced it like [ser-AY] after I heard about the name through a friend.
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I always heard it ser-ay-i, or ser-ay-uh.
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Pronounced "sar:eye".
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This seems like a nice alternative to the plain Sarah.
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Sarai looks prettier than Sarah.
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I think it's more exotic than plain old Sarah.
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One of my friends in band, Sarai, is Peurto Rican and pronounces it suh-RYE.
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We say it like "sorry" and it's beautiful.
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My best friend in elementary school had this name, and she used a more Spanish pronunciation: "saw-rye-ee". I like this name. :)
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It also means "princess".
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This name is pronounced sah-rie in Hebrew.
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Means "my princess" in Hebrew.
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