Sadie Name Meaning, Origin, Popularity, Girl Names Like Sadie

Sadie Name Origin: Hebrew
Pronunciation: say-dee
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Sadie Name Meaning

A sassy sweetie with the most darling of meanings, little Sadie is a Sarah spinoff that’s been wooing parents with her vintage feel and spunky sound. Little Sadie may have old-school roots, but she fits in perfectly with modern trends.

Sadie is youthful and spirited, a name destined for a little girl with boundless energy. She isn’t much of a girly girl, but will dress up for the right occasion. Most of the time she can be found pushing the limits whether she’s sword fighting with sticks or jumping rope with her friends. Sadie may experience some growing pains with her cutesy sound, but as more and more girls age with the name, she’ll adjust fine.

She’s enjoyed the sweet spot status on the charts for years, never reaching a level of overuse. She’s familiar enough to be recognized, but is always a pleasant surprise when her name is announced. Despite a steady history of use, little Sadie is a fresh name primed for picking.

Parents who dislike names will enjoy Sadie’s lack of obvious ones, though a parent desperate for a shortened form can try on Dee or DeeDee. She’s also packed with adorable charm, similar to other names like Daisy and Dolly.

Sadie Name Popularity

How popular is the name Sadie? Here’s everything we know.

Year	Rank	# Births	% Births
1910	—	852	0.242%
1911	—	776	0.2084%
1912	—	994	0.1971%
1913	—	1,092	0.1926%
1914	—	1,267	0.1818%
1915	—	1,438	0.1583%
1916	—	1,508	0.1561%
1917	—	1,379	0.1378%
1918	—	1,430	0.1332%
1919	—	1,384	0.1322%
1920	—	1,262	0.1135%
1921	—	1,221	0.1066%
1922	—	1,235	0.1109%
1923	—	1,155	0.1031%
1924	—	1,080	0.093%
1925	—	1,023	0.0905%
1926	—	992	0.0902%
1927	—	923	0.0834%
1928	—	856	0.08%
1929	—	785	0.0758%
1930	—	774	0.0741%
1931	—	699	0.0708%
1932	—	651	0.0659%
1933	—	654	0.0702%
1934	—	606	0.0627%
1935	—	581	0.0598%
1936	—	519	0.0539%
1937	—	500	0.0507%
1938	—	501	0.0489%
1939	—	468	0.046%
1940	—	483	0.0454%
1941	—	463	0.0411%
1942	—	428	0.0339%
1943	—	394	0.0302%
1944	—	373	0.0301%
1945	—	367	0.0301%
1946	—	356	0.0241%
1947	—	346	0.0207%
1948	—	290	0.0182%
1949	—	313	0.0195%
1950	—	278	0.0173%
1951	—	268	0.0158%
1952	—	259	0.0148%
1953	—	247	0.014%
1954	—	221	0.0121%
1955	—	195	0.0106%
1956	—	204	0.0108%
1957	—	172	0.0089%
1958	—	135	0.0071%
1959	—	100	0.0053%
1960	—	116	0.0061%
1961	—	111	0.0059%
1962	—	79	0.0043%
1963	—	100	0.0056%
1964	—	66	0.0037%
1965	—	60	0.0037%
1966	—	39	0.0025%
1967	—	46	0.003%
1968	—	28	0.0019%
1969	—	41	0.0027%
1970	—	34	0.0021%
1971	—	61	0.0041%
1972	—	43	0.0032%
1973	—	51	0.0039%
1974	—	99	0.0076%
1975	—	140	0.0109%
1976	—	176	0.0137%
1977	—	164	0.0122%
1978	—	201	0.015%
1979	—	217	0.0154%
1980	—	198	0.0135%
1981	—	216	0.0147%
1982	—	227	0.0152%
1983	—	139	0.0094%
1984	—	155	0.0104%
1985	—	235	0.0155%
1986	—	265	0.0176%
1987	—	338	0.0221%
1988	—	360	0.0231%
1989	—	423	0.0262%
1990	—	496	0.0299%
1991	—	539	0.0331%
1992	—	575	0.036%
1993	—	659	0.0423%
1994	—	810	0.0528%
1995	—	955	0.0634%
1996	—	1,026	0.0685%
1997	—	1,049	0.0709%
1998	—	1,099	0.0734%
1999	—	1,078	0.072%
2000	—	1,308	0.0856%
2001	—	1,467	0.0974%
2002	—	1,551	0.1035%
2003	—	1,699	0.1117%
2004	—	1,745	0.1145%
2005	—	1,950	0.1275%
2006	—	2,221	0.1418%
2007	—	3,175	0.2012%
2008	—	3,160	0.2045%
2009	—	2,970	0.1987%
2010	—	2,628	0.1824%
2011	—	2,588	0.1816%
2012	—	2,590	0.1818%
2013	—	4,650	0.3266%
2014	—	4,857	0.3334%
2015	—	4,750	0.3265%
2016	—	4,270	0.2962%
2017	—	3,688	0.2642%
2018	—	3,247	0.2363%
2019	—	3,137	0.2317%
2020	—	3,117	0.2449%
2021	—	2,956	0.2418%
2022	—	3,278	0.2485%
2023	—	3,592	0.2775%

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Names Like Sadie

If you like Sadie, you’ll love these other names like Sadie.

What names are diminutives of Sadie?

A diminutive is a name that’s like Sadie sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sadie, but shorter.

Name	Meaning	Origin	Popularity	Other Gender
Sade	Honor confers a crown	African

What names are variants of Sadie?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Sadie.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Sada
Sadah
Sadee	Princess	Hebrew
Sadelle	Princess	Hebrew
Sadia
Sadye	Princess	Hebrew
Saida	Huntress; fortunate	Arabic
Saidee	Princess	Hebrew
Saidey
Saidie
Sara	Princess	Hebrew
Sarah	Princess	Hebrew
Saria	Princess	Hebrew

Saydie
Sydell
Sydella
Sydelle	Princess; wide meadow	Hebrew
Zadie	Prosperous, fortunate	Arabic

What names sound like Sadie?

If you like how Sadie sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Sadie.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Adelaide	Noble one	German
Cadence	With rhythm	Latin
Jada	Precious stone	English
Jade	Precious stone	English
Katie	Pure	English

What names are similar to Sadie?

Find a name that’s like Sadie, but just a little bit different.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Chloe	Green sprout	Greek
Dolly	A variant spelling of Dollie.	English
Ella	Other goddess	Hebrew
Emmy	Rival	German
Lily	Lily flower	English

Lola	The sorrows	Spanish
Mia	Dear	Scandinavian
Molly	Of the sea	English
Rosie	Rose	Latin
Stella	Celestial star	Latin

Lists With Sadie

Find inspiration in these baby girl name lists featuring the name Sadie.

Siblings of Sadie

Mamas with kids named Sadie also have kids with these names.

Name	Meaning	Origin
Hardy	Bold, brave	German
Tullie	Mighty people	Irish
Warren	Game preserve	English
Lorelei	“The enchantress,” in allusion to the siren of German legend whose singing on reefs in the Rhine lured sailors to their doom.	German
Caleb	Whole heart	Hebrew

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19 Comments

Lyndsey Sep 4 at 8:06 am

Sadie means “princess” so my husband and I chose to do her nursery theme “daughter of the King.” She has scripture on her wall and we read her bible stories and pray over her. We always pray that she knows what a miracle she is and that she is a child of God.

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Sadie Dec 18 at 6:33 am

Hi my name is Sadie. I’ve always loved my name and its meaning. However I’ve only met one other Sadie in my life. But it’s such a cute and simple name

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Nicole Jan 10 at 2:58 pm

My best friend helped me pick it out and it also means Sarah. So in a way my daughter is named after my bestie whose name is Sarah.

I like it because you don’t see it used often so its not very common. Plus the name fits her personality.

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Johanna Nov 15 at 10:47 am

We both liked it. Always like names ending in ie,
And now that we call her Sadie and when other people call her Sadie I love it even more. Such a sweet short name. Call her Sadie baby, little miss Sadie, Sadie girl… everything sounds good<3

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Chloe Sep 2 at 4:07 pm

We always called her our princess and we knew that as Sadie means princess we had to use it.

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taylor Jul 16 at 7:48 am

Love the name Sadie – it’s common, but not to common. The one issue is there aren’t any great nicknames for Sadie.

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Rebecca Jul 26 at 4:20 am

I just love this name so much – this was my Poppy’s sister’s name so it’s special to my family. I thought it was different as well. I didn’t want a name that everyone else had.

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Kassie Jul 10 at 8:56 am

We chose Sadie because it’s a family name. My husbands great grandmother was named Sigrid, but she went by Sadie. It also means “princess”, which Is something I love because she is a child of the King of Kings.

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Kathryn Apr 10 at 11:41 am

We chose the name Sadie because it means princess, along with Grace as a middle name because her name would mean princess by grace, namely a princess of God by His grace given through Jesus Christ. We actually had a very hard time choosing another girl name, as we already have two girls. But, our 3 kids took to the name Sadie quickly and it was the only girl name they liked, so it convinced us!

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Kacie Dec 10 at 8:45 am

We’ve always loved this classic name and pairs well with our son’s name

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Dani Salveson Sep 12 at 10:59 am

After having two amazing little boys, in August of 2010 I was finally graced with the little girl I had begged Jesus to choose for me for as long as I could remember! I knew from my teens that if/when I ever had a daughter – her name would be Sadie Rae (Rae is my mother’s middle name that she was never very fond of but I had promised her when I had my first daughter, she would be given the same middle name… I’m 1 of 7 siblings, only 3 of us have started families so far but both my sister and brother both gave the middle name Rae to their first born daughters as well). Lots of people told us that her name was a “dogs name” and tried to convince us to rethink our decision. Thankfully my husband was on my side with her name from
the very beginning and the decision never wavered in either of our minds. I love that her name has a sweet southern charm to it, but definitely throws a little sassy in their too. It’s an old time name, that is classically timeless and will carry her well into her adult live.

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Kerri Apr 15 at 12:43 pm

Always loved this name; a spunky derivative of Sarah. And it means princess!

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Lindsay Sep 24 at 4:13 pm

I love the name Sadie for so many reasons! It’s vintage yet fun/cute and girlie. It’s also known, but not popular enough that my daughter will be one of many Sadie’s in her circles. But my husband wanted something more timeless Incase Sadie began to feel like a younger girl’s name as she grows up. We also love names from the Bible, and Sarah, a Biblical name, is the full name for the nickname “Sadie.” We chose to give our daughter the full name Sarah Dawn. I had read a really well written article on naming your child that suggested that to create a formal name for a shortened form of a name, to use a first name with the first sound and a middle name with the second sound of the name. Sarah has the “Sa” and Dawn has the “d” that starts the second half of the name. (And Dawn is a family name for us, which is an added bonus). So that concludes the many reasons we chose the name Sadie. 🙂

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Holly Aug 17 at 6:14 pm

We wanted something less common but not something that sounded too crazy. We thought it was so cute and classically charming, and it goes well with her middle name which is from her maternal great grandmother.

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Emily Jun 7 at 3:22 pm

We wanted a name with spunk, and we wanted a name that neither of us had any association with – positive or negative neither of us knew anyone named Sadie! So far I love the name, we haven’t met any other babies with her name so it feels easy to remember but unique enough not to get forgotten (part of our history- my husband and I worked together for 1 year and never met because he figured he had met all the Emily’s- there were three others at the coffee shop) we also gave her my grandmother’s name as a middle name and just kept coming back to Sadie as a first name! She also has the name initials as her pop.

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Alex Apr 22 at 7:38 pm

Sadie means princess and I loved how beautiful it sounded. It’s also another name for “Sarah.” My husband and I both liked Sarah but thought it was a bit too plain. We ended up choosing Sadie Brielle. I don’t like that the name has risen in popularity since we chose it. I’m not too terribly concerned about the popularity of the name, though, because I know our Sadie will make it her own.

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Cheryl Apr 22 at 12:26 pm

We went through our family tree to find names we liked. Sadie is a nickname for Sarah about 6 generations back in our family line.

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Jamie Apr 14 at 12:14 pm

I choose the name “Sadie” because it was different. I love different. It sounded classy and elegant, but cute, to me. I am also all about meanings. I wanted to try and connect her first and second name together to really mean something. “Sadie” means “princess.” But princess of what? I found names that had meanings that could possibly fit her first name to make a phrase. “Brielle” came along! Another classy name. “Brielle” means “of God.” I made my connection! “Sadie Brielle” means “Princess of God.” I want her to grow up to remember that if she ever battles with what women battle with today, her name reminds her that she never needs to compare herself to the world’s standards because being a child of God, that’s not who she is. She is a daughter of the King…a “princess of God!”

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- Alex Apr 22 at 7:42 pm
  
  How crazy! Our Sadie is also Sadie Brielle!
  
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