Sadie

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Sadie, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Maisie
• Molly
• Lucy
• Zoe
• Ruby
• Tessa
• Josie
• Hallie
• Piper
• Willa
• Rosie
• Nora

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Sadie is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, United Kingdom, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Sadié, Sadiè, Šadie

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Sadié, Sádie

• Polish given name38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, United States, Poland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Садие, Sadi, Shadi, Şadi, Сади

• Greek given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Σαδιέ

• Russian given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Садие, Сэди, Садіе

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Sadie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A diminutive of the female given name Sarah. Also a popular formal given name in the 19th century.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, diminutive of Sarah; princess

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• English: originally a pet form of SARAH , but now generally treated as an independent name. The exact formation is not clear.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Joan Leslieb. 1925USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1925-2015)
• Sadie Plantb. 1964GBBritish writer (born 1964)
• Sadie Frostb. 1965GBEnglish actress and producer
• Sadie Benningb. 1973USqueer feminist visual artist (born 1973)
• Sadie Katzb. 1978USAmerican actress and writer
• Sadie Westb. 1988USAmerican pornographic actress, born 1988
• Sadie Calvanob. 1997USAmerican actress (born 1997)
• Sadie Stanleyb. 2001USAmerican actress and singer
• Sadie Sinkb. 2002USAmerican actress (born 2002)
• Sadie Sandlerb. 2006USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Sadie?

In the etymology graph, Sara, Sally and Sarita are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Sarah.

Is Sadie a male or female name?

Sadie is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Australia (Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM), 2023), Kosovo (ASK Kosovo) and Canada (Statistics Canada, 2024), among others.

Where does the name Sadie come from?

Originally a pet form of Sarah, but now generally considered as an independent name. The exact formation is not clear: probably a nursery form. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

What does the name Sadie mean?

Recorded meaning: Originally a pet form of Sarah, but now generally considered as an independent name.

In which country does Sadie have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 75 thousand people named Sadie, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sadie.

Where is Sadie most common?

Sadie is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 4.4 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Sadie?

In the United States, the national register counted 75,243 people named Sadie in 2020, about 1 in 4.4 thousand residents.

How common is Sadie compared with other names?

In the United States, Sadie is the 999th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Sadie?

In English /ˈseɪdi/ (Wiktionary).