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Is Sadie a proper name?

43 replies

flopsy1974 · 07/07/2011 08:59

I heard this name mentioned in a shop yesterday, and really like it. I'm just not sure if it's a proper name or not?
Also is it popular? I've never known anyone called this, but it could be popular elsewhere.

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wigglesrock · 07/07/2011 14:04

It's my husbands grannys name from Sarah, we used it as a middle name for dd2, I really liked it but it is a bit grannyish here, mind you so is Ruby! We are in NI.

swash · 07/07/2011 17:13

I know two Sadies - one Jewish, one not. I never knew it as a nn, but I do think Sarah is a really lovely name for the bc.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 07/07/2011 18:02

I know the name but I don't actually know who Sadie Frost is

evamummy it's not pronounced sad, it's Say-dee

wigglesrock · 07/07/2011 18:09

GwendolineMaryLacey bit of an actress, ex wife of Jude Law, makes fancy dan knickers now!!

SloganLogan · 07/07/2011 18:42

I've only met one Sadie. It's nicknamey but "established" enough to be a name in its own right. I prefer Sarah though, as it is less hard-sounding.

TillyIpswitch · 08/07/2011 06:00

I like it. I think of it as being a bit American (Sadie Frost aside), as Enid Blyton called the glamourous American in one of the St Clare's books Sadie.

ragged · 08/07/2011 07:04

Just As much as Sally is a proper name (another nn for Sarah, originally, I believe).

WaitingForBabyD · 08/07/2011 12:25

I love the name Sadie, and have known a Sadie since I was early teens. Definitely a real name IMO. Check out the Beatles Song Sexy Sadie. She seems like a pretty interesting Sadie!

SenoritaViva · 08/07/2011 12:30

I also couldn't believe no one mentioned Sadie Frost...

Some friends of mine have a Sadie who is 7. I think it is rather nice and I know some people have said sounds a bit like a nickname but I think it passes my mums 'serious name' test. (Her test is to imagine working in a serious office job etc. and use the name) and I think Sadie would work more than some of the more popular names used now (Daisy, Poppy etc. both of which I like but I'm not sure always the best name for an adult).

SenoritaViva · 08/07/2011 12:31

PS the Sadie who is 7 is Sadie not Sarah or any other name.

superjobeespecs · 08/07/2011 12:34

DS in my tum would have been sadie if he was a DD lovely name :) old fashioned and uncommon but a real name compared to some of the names you see nowadays

Bandwithering · 08/07/2011 15:49

yes, and it's lovely. I really like it.

Whyriskit · 08/07/2011 20:16

I really like it. DS1 has a friend called Sadie, don't think it's short for Sarah in her case. She's 3. My old boss was also called Sadie, she was in her 60's.

muminthemiddle · 08/07/2011 23:18

i think it is a real name. I don't know any young Sadies.

hester · 08/07/2011 23:22

It's a lovely old Jewish name, short for Sarah. Really pretty, I think.

Kneedeepinshittynappies · 14/07/2012 15:44

My 4 mo dd is sadie. Always loved it and although I played with others was going to be sadie from the very start. Glad most people seem to like it!

bobbledunk · 15/07/2012 17:39

I think it's very pretty.

ilovesprouts · 15/07/2012 18:30

i know a little girl by me called sadie, its a lovely name .

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