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[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

Actress Christina Applegate and fiancé, musician Martyn LeNoble, welcomed daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble on Thursday, Jan. 27.

For some reason i thought Sadie was a nickname I just have no idea what name it would work for. What say you all?

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[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Sadie is a nick name for Sarah (for whatever reason). I've also heard it used as a nick name for Mercedes.

In any case, I think Sadie Grace is cute.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

As above, I think it's traditionally a nickname for Sarah, but I don't think it's uncommon nowadays to use it as a name in its own right. My cousin's daughter is called Sadie Rose - I think it's quite pretty.

[flplaya05.livejournal.com]

I know a Mercedez who goes by Sadie.

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

Me, too.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love it.

Grace as a middle is overdone, but it does sound nice with Sadie, in my opinion.

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

Not a fan. I don't like Sadie and Grace is filler to me.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

I love Sadie but my friend had to go and name her kid that...I'm not a huge fan of Grace though.

[turtleohs.livejournal.com]

huh - my name is Sarah and I've never heard that as a NN.

It sorta sounds like a dogs name to me... i dunno! Its ok.

[b-gum.livejournal.com]

i've never been called Sadie either (hai i'm sarah too!) And my neighbor did have a dog name Sadie, so it's funny that it sounding like a dog's name was brought up :)

[so-there.livejournal.com]

you're probably a generation or two late for that.

but you know, old is new again...

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

I know a Sedona that goes by Sadie.

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

It's a nickname for Sarah because the Normans couldn't pronounce Rs well, so they nicknamed people by changing the Rs to other letters--most commonly L. That's also how we get Hal from Harry, Dolly from Dorothy, Sally from Sarah, and Molly from Mary. I can't think of another D example off the top of my head. Oh wait, Dodie for Dorothy.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Dick for Richard?

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

The ck nicknames all come from a nickname method used in the Middle Ages where they added -kin onto everything. Most of them only survive as surnames, but some are still used like Jack/John, Hank/Henry, and Rick/Dick/Richard.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

How do you know all this? So interesting! Is there a nickname book or something I can read?

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

There was a website back in the day that had nickname history on it, but it's sadly not up anymore! You might be able to google it and find some stuff, though.

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

idk if you searched already but i found this website:

http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/nickhistory.html

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

NGL, when I hear "Sadie," I always think "sadist." Not something I would want my kid known by. Grace LeNoble is pretty, though.

[bookity.livejournal.com]

I wasn't aware it was a NN for anything. I know a little girl named Sadie Elizabeth and she is a very sweet girl.

[queenfinn.livejournal.com]

I love the name but one of my kids at work is named Sadie so that's the face that pops into my head.