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Sadie or Lucy?

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ThatOchreQuoter · 09/12/2025 10:43

Currently pregnant with baby number 2 and stuck between these two girls names. Our DD has a name that goes well with either. Thanks for any opinions ☺️

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Makingpeace · 10/12/2025 13:31

Lucy

gotthatfeeling · 10/12/2025 13:30

I know a Lucy who was bullied at school by the boys who called her Loose.

SparkleSpriteDust · 10/12/2025 13:22

Lucy is such a great name.

Missey85 · 10/12/2025 13:21

Sadie 💕

MrsGusset · 10/12/2025 13:21

Lucy for me. It's a lovely name.

I don't like the "sad" in Sadie.

HugoYorway · 10/12/2025 09:48

@BunnyWilliams , I don't really understand all the comments where people obsess about old songs related to a name.
That's because some names are closely linked to songs.

As for And an odd song from the 60s will definitely be meaningless in their peer group in another 20/30 years there are plenty of hits from the 1950s that many people are familiar with.

user1492757084 · 10/12/2025 09:36

Lucy.

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 10/12/2025 07:54

letitallopen · 09/12/2025 21:34

My little DD is a Lucy. I don’t hear it a lot amongst children her age although it peaked in popularity in the 2000s, I think. I like Sadie as well, though.

My other contenders were Sophie. Anna and Charlotte if that helps at all.

You have very good taste in names i have to say!

Copperoliverbear · 09/12/2025 23:42

Sadie

pinkdelight · 09/12/2025 23:26

Sadie is a great name. Love it. Lucy is fine but cuter, less cool.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 09/12/2025 23:18

Lucy of the two

I do like Sadie, but it feels more like a nn to me, and I think you need a bit of swagger to pull it off, or it feels a bit barmaid. I think it was originally short for Sarah

Peternell · 09/12/2025 22:18

I much prefer Lucy. Lovely name!

Forthelov · 09/12/2025 22:16

Lucy - 100 per cent.

Jowak1 · 09/12/2025 22:14

Lucy! My lovely 15 year old is called Lucy .

letitallopen · 09/12/2025 21:34

My little DD is a Lucy. I don’t hear it a lot amongst children her age although it peaked in popularity in the 2000s, I think. I like Sadie as well, though.

My other contenders were Sophie. Anna and Charlotte if that helps at all.

Blissful40s · 09/12/2025 21:34

Sadie. A beautiful name. Most likely only one in each school too.

Plenty of Lucy’s around and if more than one in each class, they usually get referred to Lucy M, Lucy P etc… for their entire school years.

So yes, go for Sadie!

Hungryhippos123 · 09/12/2025 21:28

Love Sadie! I know two little Sadie’s and they are both brilliant little girls full of character and really suit their names!

Jugendstiel · 09/12/2025 21:26

Lucy. Beautiful, classic name meaning Light.

Sadie looks like the word 'sad' and sounds like sadist and the only Sadie I ever knew was not particularly nice, whereas I have known some phenomenal Lucys.

Heyhelga · 09/12/2025 21:24

Lucy. That was always my favourite for a girls name for a girl we never had. Don't seem to hear of many Lucy's these days either. Certainly not compared to when I was at school where it was a popular name.

Oreo07 · 09/12/2025 21:23

Lucy

pambeesleyhalpert · 09/12/2025 21:21

Lucy is beautiful

Calliopespa · 09/12/2025 21:20

MirandaBlu · 09/12/2025 20:56

I like Lucy; it feels like it could suit all sorts of people at various stages of life.

Don't particularly like Sadie, although it's OK, but the "cleaning lady" associations aren't on my radar at all. It mostly it makes me think of Lady Alconleigh in Pursuit of Love/Love in a Cold Climate.

Someone else mentioned Aunt Sadie in Mitford's work on another Sadie thread, and to me that is a nice association.

Calliopespa · 09/12/2025 21:16

BunnyWilliams · 09/12/2025 20:59

@Calliopespa Fair enough, but I'm also just sharing my own opinion as to why I like the name. You don't have to be defensive.

I think it's less a feeling of defensiveness as a impression that people are being shut down in their opinions or told that those views are sort of "disqualified from consideration."

It's also really valid - and important for op's purpose - that posters speak up if they love it, and it's great you did.

BunnyWilliams · 09/12/2025 20:59

@Calliopespa Fair enough, but I'm also just sharing my own opinion as to why I like the name. You don't have to be defensive.

MirandaBlu · 09/12/2025 20:56

I like Lucy; it feels like it could suit all sorts of people at various stages of life.

Don't particularly like Sadie, although it's OK, but the "cleaning lady" associations aren't on my radar at all. It mostly it makes me think of Lady Alconleigh in Pursuit of Love/Love in a Cold Climate.