Sadie

SAY-dee
Diminutive of Sarah
"princess"

Sadie Origin and Meaning

The name Sadie is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "princess".

Sadie started as a nickname for Sarah, but their images couldn't be more disparate. Where Sarah is serious and sweet, Sadie is full of sass and fun.

Sadie has been soaring in popularity recently. Its last heyday was a century ago. She's been chosen by celebrities including Adam Sandler and Christina Applegate for their daughters.

In popular culture, there's Somerset Maugham's Sadie Thompson, portrayed by Joan Crawford in Rain, Sadie Hawkins Day, where the girls get to ask the boys to dance, and songs like the Beatles' Sexy Sadie.

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Sadie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Sadie Popularity

Famous People Named Sadie

  • Sadie Peterson Delaney
    American librarian who pioneered bibliotherapy
  • Sadie Liza Frost
    English actress
  • Sadie Marcus Earp
    wife of American lawman Wyatt Earp
  • Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
    American lawyer and civil rights activist
  • Sadie Calvano
    American actress
  • Sadie Plant
    English philosopher and author
  • Sadie Carroway Robertson
    American reality TV personality ("Duck Dynasty")
  • Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany
    American educator and civil rights activist
  • Sadie Sink
    American actress
  • Sadie Coles
    English art dealer
  • Sadie Benning
    American video artist
  • Sadhana Joule "Sadie" Som
    American child actress & model
  • Sadie Ama (born Mersadie Louise Hall)
    English R&B singer
  • Sadie Joy Nemec (b. 1993)
    daughter of actor Corky Nemec
  • Sadie Friedman (b. 1994)
    daughter of actors Joan Allen and Peter Friedman
  • Sadie Rose Corrigan
    daughter of actors Kevin Corrigan and Elizabeth Berridge
  • Sadie Madison Sandler (b. 2006)
    daughter of actor Adam Sandler
  • Sadie Beatrice Young (b. 2007)
    daughter of actress Finola Hughes and Russell Young
  • Sadie Little Auerbach (b. 2008)
    daughter of musician Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys
  • Sadie Grace LeNoble (b. 2011)
    daughter of actress Christina Applegate and musician Martyn LeNoble
  • Sadie Day Vincent (b. 2011)
    daughter of actress Aspen Miller and Tony Vincent
  • Sadie Ellen Sharp (b. 2013)
    daughter of ice hockey player Patrick Sharp
  • Sadie Williams (b. 2014)
    daughter of actor Jesse Williams
  • Sadie Hope Lieberstein (b. 2017)
    daughter of writers Audrey Wauchope and Warren Lierberstein
  • Sadie Rauch (b. 2017)
    daughter of actress Melissa Rauch

Sadie in Pop Culture

  • Sadie Dunhill
    character from Stephen King's novel and Hulu Original series "11.22.63"
  • "Sadie McKee
    " 1934 movie and main character
  • "Miss Sadie Thompson
    " 1953 movie and main character, based on "Miss Thompson" by Somerset Maugham
  • "Sadie Love
    " 1919 silent movie and its main character
  • Sadie Harris
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Sadie Saxton
    character on TV's "Awkward"
  • Sadie Kane
    main character in the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
  • Sadie Hawthorne
    main character on TV's "Naturally, Sadie"
  • Sadie Jenkins
    main character on British TV's "Sadie J"
  • Sadie Jacqueline King
    character on British soap "Emmerdale"
  • Sadie Lloyd
    character on British soap "Family Affair"
  • Sadie
    Debbie and Pete's daughter in movie "Knocked Up"
  • "Sadie and Maud
    " poem by Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Sadie of Lovari
    character in the Kronos Chronicles by Marie K. Rutkoski
  • Sadie Parker Knickerhaus Doyle
    character in the staged radio production "The Thrilling Adventure Hour"
  • Sadie
    a rich and elegant American exchange student in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
  • "Sexy Sadie
    " song by The Beatles
  • "Sadie
    Sadie," song by Barbra Streisand
  • Sadie and the Hotheads
    American band
  • Sadie Hawkins dance
    U.S. high school dance where girls ask boys
  • "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)"
    1967 novelty song by Australian singer John Farnham
  • Sadie Dopple
    one of the main characters in the Dopple Ganger Chronicles, twin sister to Saskia
  • Sadie Miller
    a character from the Cartoon Network series "Steven Universe"
  • Sadie
    character in Beatles musical "Across the Universe" (named for the song "Sexy Sadie")

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