Just literal random high question because a i saw the name online and thought it would be ‘Say-d’ or ‘Sar-dee’ so I looked it up and discovered it was ‘Shaw-day’! Am I super high and stupid? Is this a name anyone knows? It’s super pretty.

I am ftm transgender, and when I came out at 14 my family pressured me to figure everything out right away. I chose the name Saad because it has similar origins to my given name, and the same first letter (as required by my parents in order to receive their acceptance). I googled pronunciations and found one that sounds like Fade, but with an S. That is what I chose. Now, a few years later, I'm realizing that is was very culturally inappropriate to choose an Arabic name as a white boy with absolutely no ties or knowledge of the culture, especially now that I'm coming to suspect that the pronunciation I chose is not real.

I don't want to change the sound of my name, but I think I have to change the spelling. My first thought was to switch to Sade, but that looks very similar to Sadie, a common female name. Moreover, Sade is also a cultural female Nigerian name with a different pronunciation.

So now I'm thinking Sayd. Does that already mean something important to a group of people? Will people be able to read/pronounce it? Please help, I am so afraid of being culturally insensitive. I made a poor choice at 14 that I really want to fix.

Thank you for reading.