Sadie or Nina?

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Or other names similar. We like classic but not too popular. Surname is very basic- think “Smith”

Def Nina. Sadie has die and sad within it.

I really like both, but Sadie will always remind me of a bra shop near where I grew up called Sadie the Bra Lady! I can’t help but hear that every time I meet a little girl called Sadie.

That’s very niche though! Both great choices.

Prefer Nina.
Sadie is OK.

Polly?
Sally?

If the names are very simple do not alliterate.
Just in case it really is Smith; Sadie Smith is drab. Without alliteration both names are fine. Pick whichever you prefer as to most people I'd say there's little between them. Some thoughts below. Congratulations 🎉

Sadie
Nina
Polly
Molly
Sukie
Eva
Cally
Tara
Lara
Lyra
Freya
Cally
Kira
Flora

Sadie

Sadie feels morose

Sadie is the pet name for Sarah, if that bothers you. Nice name though. Nina I like too.

Sadie. Also liked a previous post suggestion of Nancy

Nina.

I know four Sadies…only one of them is human, the rest are golden retrievers!

Well if it helps, we considered both Sadie and Nina for one of our cats. We went with Sadie! I also have a second cousin Sadie who must be in her 70s!

Nina

My thoughts exactly!!

I'm so glad I'm not the only person who sees this and this is my reasoning for never using it!

Haha

Nina

Same here - looks like sad and die, and sounds like sadist! Not a fan. Nina is fabulous though.

I don't see that at all, otherwise I would never have given the name to our DCat!!!!

Made me laugh! @Workybeee

Thanks all- seems a relatively even split!

Love some of the suggestions but for various reasons (mostly friends and family use) the majority have been vetoed. I really liked Rose, Anna, Lucy and Emily. Also like Iris and Lily. My husband prefers something a bit more unusual like Nina/ Sadie.

Neither would be alliteration with our surname. Perhaps I just wait it out til baby is here and see if seem to suit either. Reluctant to discuss with friends / family beforehand.

Actually don’t know if we are having a boy or girl but I think we are reasonably set on Arthur or Alexander for a boy.

Thanks for the help!!

Same

I have a Nina so I am biased, but I adore Sadie too! Great choices.

I disagree with the previous poster who says Nina is not a classic name (not that it matters.) The Queen Mother's mother's name was Cecilia Nina and sometimes it's just listed as Nina so I wonder if that's what she went by. In the US, it peaked in the 1890s, and not as a nickname for anything.

I have to ask the pronunciation you'd be using for Nina. I've ever known it to be 'like nee-na' but recently I worked with someone who used 'nine-na' 🤯 took me a few days to realise she was 'Nina' and not someone else 😂

Love both
id probably go with Sadie but I do love Nina too

@jhy oh really! I think definitely nee-nah

@eachmorningiwakeup interesting! Thanks for this.

I think I am maybe leaning a tiny bit more towards Nina but Sadie sounds sweeter with the middle name. I don’t have the “sad/ die/ sadist” connotations obviously - and actually think it sounds quite soft in the mouth - more than Nina in fact. Most recently came across Sadie in the Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow novel and also love the other title character Sam for a boy.

Maybe it will be glaringly obvious when we see the baby!

You’ve got two gorgeous name ideas and so it’s a great idea to wait until she’s born to decide. I did that with my second girl as I was torn between two names - I knew as soon as I saw her which one she was.

Sadie is lovely. Nina sounds like a wimp/wet lettuce for some reason. Really dislike it!