Sadie (given name)

Sadie is a feminine given name which originated as an English diminutive of the Hebrew name Sarah. It has long been used as an independent name.

Popularity
Sadie was among the top 100 names for girls in the late 1800s in the United States, then declined in use in the mid-twentieth century. It increased in popularity beginning in the mid-1980s and is popular across the English-speaking world. It has ranked among the top 200 names for newborn girls in England and Wales and among the top 100 names for girls in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the 2010s.

Cultural references
Sadie Hawkins, a character in the Li'l Abner comic strip, was the inspiration for Sadie Hawkins Day and Sadie Hawkins Dances, where traditional gender roles are flipped and young women ask men out. The concept spread throughout America from 1937 onward.

There are a number of songs that prominently reference the name Sadie:
 * "Sexy Sadie" is a song from the Beatles' 1968 "White Album". Written by John Lennon, the song expresses his disillusionment with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
 * Johnny Farnham's Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) was the highest selling single by an Australian artist in the 1960's. It has become a novelty classic in the country despite being written by American rock and roll writers Ray Gilmore, Johnny Medora, and David White.
 * The Spinners' "Sadie" reached #54 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in 1975. The song has been used as a mother's tribute by many prominent artists as it was covered on R Kelly's debut album 12 Play, sampled by Tupac Shakur on his hit Dear Mama, sampled by Jay-Z on his multi-platinum album The Blueprint 2, and sampled by LL Cool J on his album 10.
 * Relient K, Joanna Newsom, and The Alkaline Trio all have songs referencing the name Sadie.

People named Sadie

 * Sadie T. M. Alexander, first black woman to receive a PhD in economics in the United States
 * Sadie Benning (born 1973), American video maker, visual artist and musician
 * Sadie Bjornsen (born 1989), American cross-country skier
 * Sadie Bonnell (1888–1993), British ambulance driver and winner of the Military Medal
 * Sadie Coles (born 1963), British art dealer
 * Sadie Lea Weidner (1875–1939), American missionary to Japan
 * Sarah Louise Delany (1889–1999), American author, educator and civil rights pioneer
 * Josephine "Sadie" Earp, common-law wife of Wyatt Earp, famed Old West lawman
 * Sadie Farrell (fl. 1869), American criminal, gang leader and river pirate also known as "Sadie the Goat"
 * Sadie Frost (born 1965), English actress, producer and fashion designer
 * Sadie Grant Pack (1877–1960), first counselor in the general presidency of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
 * Sadie Holloway, American attorney and psychologist; credited with the co-development of the predecessor to the polygraph, and inspiration for Wonder Woman
 * Sarah "Sadie" Irvine (1885–1970), American artist and educator
 * Sadie Jean (born 2002), American singer-songwriter
 * Sadie Jones (born 1967), English writer and novelist
 * Sadie Kneller Miller (1867–1920), early American woman sports journalist
 * Sadie Miller (born 1985), English actress
 * Sadie Peterson Delaney, American librarian, developed bibliotherapy, a therapy that uses reading to heal
 * Sadie Plant (born 1964), British philosopher, cultural theorist and author
 * Sadie Sink, American actress known for playing Max on the show Stranger Things

Fictional characters

 * Sadie, from the Canadian animated series Total Drama
 * Sadie Adler, a supporting character in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2
 * Sadie Gray, in the US television series One Life to Live
 * Sadie Harris, in the US television series Grey's Anatomy
 * Sadie Hawkins (disambiguation), multiple characters
 * Sadie Hawthorne, in the Canadian television series Naturally, Sadie
 * Sadie Jackson, the main character in Joan Lingard's novels The Twelfth Day of July and Across the Barricades
 * Sadie Kane, a main character in the book series The Kane Chronicles
 * Sadie King, in the UK television series Emmerdale
 * Sadie Lloyd, in the UK television series Family Affair
 * Sadie McKee, the title character in 1934 film of same name
 * Sadie Miller, a supporting character on the Cartoon Network show Steven Universe
 * Sadie Parker Knickerhaus Doyle, in the staged radio production "The Thrilling Adventure Hour"
 * Sadie Stone, in the UK television series EastEnders
 * Sadie Thompson (disambiguation), main character from the short story "Rain" by W. Somerset Maugham and its adaptations