Sadie?

[sunnyfleur]

We love this name if we have a DD. Well known but certainly not overused. I have been stopped in my tracks as on another thread people are saying they think of bad connotations as it has the words ‘sad’ and ‘die’ in it. Really? There are lots of names that are similar. Think Jodie, Elodie etc.

It got me thinking about other names that might also be seen badly by some, Thea sounds like fear. Violet - violent. Claudia - the name means lame. Richard - rich / hard if you break it down into two words but it’s not really something I would ever think to do. They’re all nice enough names that I wouldn’t think twice about it if I heard, including Sadie, but am I in the minority?

I don’t know if other people thinking that means it’s a poor choice, and would hate to lumber negative meanings onto a child. Does it really matter if you like a name?

I don't like it, but the sad and die connotations are too much of a stretch. I wouldn't take that into consideration.

It is a nickname for Sarah though, which I love.

Say-dist. Like Say-dee.

I wouldn’t think of those connections but I don’t find it a nice name.

Zadie is an alternative that might take away the sad/sadist links

It doesn't make me think of Sad or Die at all but some people are very visual about how names look. My mum used to mix up the names of two of my friends, Nicole and Leonie, because they were 'such similar names' 🤷‍♂️. To me they are nothing alike but she thinks of names in terms of their letters and obviously they have letters in common...

I like it, at least it's different to all the Olivia's and Alice's.

I've always liked the name since I read the Stephen King book 11/22/63. One of the main characters is called Sadie.

Sadie was very popular 100 years ago (my parents generation). Several of my elderly patients were Sadies. Always a nn for Sarah. I think it is a lovely name.