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Thoughts on the name Sadie?

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OpenRobin · 19/05/2024 18:36

Hi,
What are people's thoughts on the name Sadie?

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Calliopespa · 21/03/2025 22:38

I’m afraid for me it has all the associations mentioned - including the cleaning lady but I don’t really know why other than I have heard both my mother and grandmother say “ Sadie, Sadie: cleaning lady.”

I can’t see why people say they don’t see “sad” and “die”; they are both plainly there to see and sadist is also a very natural jump. It also looks like Saddie.

There are lots of other names op . Sorry to all the Sadies 😔 but op wants an honest response.

RuthW · 21/03/2025 22:29

Lovely

ScentOfAMoomin · 21/03/2025 22:27

For me it’s very old lady, but not in the retro cool way.

sparklyfox · 20/11/2024 19:27

SplitFountainPen · 19/05/2024 19:04

I don't like it, too similar to sadist/sadistic

It also makes me think "sadist"

YesIthinkso · 18/11/2024 16:24

MerryMarys · 18/11/2024 16:13

It looks so sad 😞 and I always want to pronounce it Sad-ie

😬🙄

MerryMarys · 18/11/2024 16:13

It looks so sad 😞 and I always want to pronounce it Sad-ie

BashfulClam · 18/11/2024 13:30

To me it’s an old lady babe as I’ve known a few Auld Sadie’s which was an endearment for Sarah and not Actually a name.

DuchessOfSausage · 07/07/2024 11:50

I think you mean variant not deviant.

YesIthinkso · 07/07/2024 11:28

MadameMassiveSalad · 07/07/2024 08:56

It's a nickname for Sarah.

It’s a name in its own right. It is a deviant of the name Sarah.

MadameMassiveSalad · 07/07/2024 08:56

It's a nickname for Sarah.

YesIthinkso · 07/07/2024 08:47

I’m a Sadie. Some interesting comments on here!

Rainbowbrite83 · 05/07/2024 17:19

I worked with a Saydi, which I like.

RedYellowPinkGreenPurpleOrangeBlue · 18/06/2024 18:20

It's right up there with Sharon and Tracey for me sorry @OpenRobin Old fashioned name that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. (It's a no from me, sorry.)

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 18/06/2024 18:17

Guess it's OK if your 83😂

Hannahspeltbackwards · 18/06/2024 18:15

I love it!

I always said if I ever had twin girls, they would be Sadie and Zara.

Pinkbits · 18/06/2024 15:48

Forever synonymous with the bra lady.

resm · 18/06/2024 09:42

I think it’s a great name and not old fashioned at all. Sadie Sink, the young actress from Stranger Things wears it well. I would have Sarah on the BC though. I really love it.

NewGirlinClass · 16/06/2024 15:14

I think it is lovely name.
Could be a character in an English BMovie from 1950. Drinks Pink Gin at the Golf Club. Her late husband had a 'good' war. Rapid promotion to Brigadier.

Q2C4 · 21/05/2024 19:09

I love it - always reminds me of the heroine from the Stephen King book called 11/22/63 (which I also recommend!).

Rocknrollstar · 20/05/2024 17:56

Love it. Go for it.

unsync · 20/05/2024 17:17

I knew a labrador called Sadie, it seemed to suit her.

muddyford · 20/05/2024 16:57

When I was a child our greengrocer used to deliver using a horse-drawn wagon. The horse was a Clydesdale mare called Sadie.

chocolatecoveredpeanut · 20/05/2024 16:12

Duckies · 20/05/2024 11:19

It sounds like a 'cool girl' name a bit.

I think it originally is a pet name for Sarah? But then so is Sally, so...

Unfortunately I can't not mentally sing Sexy Sadie by the Beatles when I see this name but doubt that will be a big thing given the song is 60 years old. (ETA I'd never do it in person!)

My impressions but IMO none of these are good reasons to be put off an otherwise nice name!

Edited

Thank you - I was doing the same "sexy Sadie" and couldn't remember why! Beatles are so timeless!

VeryQuaintIrene · 20/05/2024 16:09

The only Sadies I've ever known are canine, though it's perfectly nice in itself.

Sleepydoor · 20/05/2024 15:59

CoffeeAndPeanuts · 19/05/2024 18:57

Lovely for a cleaning lady!

wow-how-wie!

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