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If you like the name Sadie, you might want to look into the name Zadie (or Zaidee).

Sadie is a nickname for the name Sarah, as made famous by the wife of Abraham, mother of Issac, in the Bible.

Personal experiences with the name Sadie: | Edit

I was born in 1986 when the name wasn't super-common, every other person I met either had a grandmother, elderly mother or dog by the name. I have always gotten cooed over how cute my name is... however, coming from a Sadie who had it when it wasn't super-common, it's strange to see it starting to rise in the top name lists.

I was born in '85, and it's true...every person's dog has this name. Or so I get told...it's kinda annoying. :)

I gave my dog this name in '97 after seeing it in a story. I had no idea that it was actually a popular dog name. I didn't start hearing of other dogs with that name until nearly ten years later.

Nicknames for Sadie: | Edit

Sader tot, Sadie Lady, Sadie Bug, Sad, Sadie Mae, Sadie Sue

Sade, Sades, Sadia

Meanings and history of the name Sadie: | Edit

Pre- women's lib, Sadie Hawkins Day was the day when girls invited boys on dates.

Famous real-life people named Sadie: | Edit

Sadie Frost, English actress
Sadie Benning, American video maker, visual artist, and musician
Sadie Peterson Delaney, American librarian who pioneered bibliotherapy
Sadie Miller, English actress
Sadie Plant, English author and philosopher.

Sadie in song, story & screen: | Edit

"Sexy Sadie", a song by the Beatles
Two songs by the British band Suede, "Sadie" and "The Sound of the Streets" mention a girl with this name
"Sadie the Cleaning Lady", a song by Australian singer John Farnham
"Sadie Sadie, Married Lady", character and song from the movie Funny Girl
"Sadie", Joanna Newsom
"Sadie", a song by The Spinners
"Sadie Hawkin's Dance", a song by Relient K
"Sadie", a song by Alkaline Trio
"What Sadie Sang" is a children's book by Eve Rice.
Sadie Harris, character on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy", played by Melissa George
Sadie Shelton, character in the 1988 movie "Big Business", played by Bette Midler
Sadie Jones, character in the 2007 movie "License to Wed", played by Mandy Moore
Sadie, one of the daughters in the 2007 movie "Knocked Up", played by Maude Apatow.
Sadie King, character in the UK television series Emmerdale
Sadie Lloyd, character in the UK television series Family Affair
Sadie McKee, title character in the eponymous 1934 film
In the comic strip "Li'l Abner", Sadie Hawkins was the daughter of one of Dogpatch's earliest settlers, Hekzebiah Hawkins. She was known as "the homeliest gal in all them hills". When she reached the age of 35, in desperation, her father called together all the unmarried men of Dogpatch and declared it "Sadie Hawkins Day". Specifically, a foot race was decreed, with Sadie in hot pursuit of the town's eligible bachelors - and matrimony as the consequence.
Miss Sadie McGee Who Lived in a Tree, childrens book
Sadie - song remade by R. Kelly