Given name & surname
Sadie
“princess; lady”·“princess”
Sadie is a form of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sadie carries the interpretation “princess; lady.” Sadie is a form of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English use, Sadie is used as an affectionate form of Sarah. Sadie is a form of Sarah. The shared background comes through Sarah: In the biblical account, Sarai is renamed Sarah as part of a blessing. Later Irish and Scottish uses sometimes adopted Sarah in place of local Gaelic names, a separate practice from its Hebrew origin.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sadie is a form of Sarah. The history of Sarah gives this family its wider story. Sarah is remembered in Genesis as Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Sarah’s later local adaptations included use for Sorcha in Ireland and Mor in Scotland, showing how an established biblical name could serve different naming traditions.
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Sadie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 149,922
- 241 boys · 149,681 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 4,871 babies
- 2025
- 4,168
- #50 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 4,168 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 50 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,871 in 2014. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (314). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 75,243 as a first name in 2020; 217 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sadie’s family of names
In English usage, Sadie is a diminutive of Sarah. In English usage, Sadie has a later derivative in SEIDI. Sadie has a related form in Sadia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 26
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sadie
- Sadie SinkAmerican actress (born 2002)
- Sadie FrostEnglish actress and producerborn 1965
- Sadie StanleyAmerican actress and singerborn 2001
- Sadie PlantBritish writer (born 1964)
- Sadie SandlerAmerican actressborn 2006
- Sadie Maubet BjornsenAmerican cross-country skierborn 1989
- Sadie CalvanoAmerican actress (born 1997)
- Sadie AlexandruAmerican actressborn 1977
- Sadie Benningqueer feminist visual artist (born 1973)
Characters named Sadie: Sadie Harris (Grey's Anatomy).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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