This for me.
New[/name]]I absolutely adore this name. My only set back of using this name (at least as the first name) is because of the pronunciation issue. I imagined it to be pronounced as Suh-[name]RYE[/name] or perhaps Sar-eye. See, same dilemma as the OP.
I say it as Sair-eye
my name is sarai and in english its suh-rye and in spanish its Sah-rah-ee.