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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 冴, 小恵, 小枝, 左恵, 佐栄, 紗英, 沙恵, 紗江, 三重, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さえ, さゑ(Japanese Hiragana) サエ, サヱ(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsSawe (さゑ/サヱ)
Meaning & History
From 冴え (sae) meaning "clarity; skilfulness," also written with a combination of a sa kanji, like 小 meaning "small," 左 meaning "left," 佐 meaning "help," 紗 meaning "gauze," 沙 meaning "sand" or 三 meaning "three," and an e kanji, like 恵 meaning "wisdom," 枝 meaning "branch, bough," 栄 meaning "glory, prosperity," 英 meaning "wisdom, brilliance," 江 meaning "inlet, bay" or 重 meaning "fold, layer."Female bearers of this name include actress Sae Isshiki (一色 紗英), born Sae Hatakeyama (畠山 紗英) (1977-), professional shōgi player Sae Itō (伊藤 沙恵) (1993-) and artistic gymnast Sae Miyakawa (宮川 紗江) (1999-).