Yea or Nay: Sosie

11Aug09

In French, sosie means double – as in on dit que tout le monde a un sosie.  (They say everyone has a twin.)

But Sosie Ruth Bacon, daughter of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, is all-but-one-of-a-kind.  Born in 1992, Sosie’s starbaby status failed to launch the name into general use – Sosie has never appeared in the US Top 1000.

I’ve found a few references to a French Saint Sosie from the 300s, a victim of the Diocletian persecutions.  She also sounds like a logical diminutive for Shoshannah, the Hebrew forerunner of Susannah.

With Sophie and Sadie so popular – and Sedgwick and Bacon so steadily in the public eye – I can’t help but wonder:  Sosie, yea or nay?



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  1. 1 Mookie on August 11, 2009 said:

    Though I wouldn’t use it personally, I give it a full fledged Yea for anyone else.

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  2. 2 appellationmountain on August 11, 2009 said:

    Interesting – Sosie isn’t doing well at all! I wonder if that’s because she seems like a nickname rather than a full, formal name? Because I agree, Mookie – she’s not for me, but I find her appealing.

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  3. 3 Dearest on August 11, 2009 said:

    My first thought was Kayser Söze for some reason… I gave it a yea, but it does seem more like a cute nickname for Susanna… I like it in the same way I like Daisy or Poppy or Susie… I don’t mind them, but they’re a bit lightweight for my own children.

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    • 4 appellationmountain on August 12, 2009 said:

      Huh, I didn’t even think of Kayser Soze – but you’re right, Dearest! It does come to mind.

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  4. 5 jess on August 11, 2009 said:

    I adore Sosie! I think she’s a darling choice and I suggest it whenever possible. DH isn’t buying it for us but perhaps I will persuade someone else into using it someday!

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  5. 6 Heather on August 11, 2009 said:

    I Love this name and plan on naming my daughter Sosie .

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  6. 8 Wrenn on August 11, 2009 said:

    Sosie sounds like a sugary sweet nickname to me. Like something someone called their sister growing up because they couldn’t say sister when they were little. It is a no for me…

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  7. 9 coolteamblt on August 11, 2009 said:

    It’s cute, but it’s too cute. And I have no clue how to say it. I keep saying Susie, but I’m fairly sure that’s not right. Sew-see, maybe? It sounds like a nickname, not a given name to me. Nay!

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  8. 10 photoquilty on August 11, 2009 said:

    It kind of reminds me of Swoozie…like Swoozie Kurts. Not my cup of tea…but not a name to make me roll my eyes, either.

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  9. 12 Kelleita on August 11, 2009 said:

    I keep thinking of “so-so”, like not-so-much. The Kaiser Soze reference is great — I think that would have been my next thought. I love the way the name looks, but saying it out does sound too cutesy.

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  10. 13 charlottevera on August 11, 2009 said:

    Way too sing-songy for my taste.

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  11. 14 Eva on August 11, 2009 said:

    Yea for Sosie! I love Sosie. It is also an Armenian name meaning “plane tree”. I’m Armenian . Sosy is another spelling.

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  12. 15 Corinne on August 12, 2009 said:

    I’d totally use it as a nickname for Susannah–Susie doesn’t do it for me–and Sosie seems so fresh and new!

    I can’t see it as a full name, however. Far to nickname-y.

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  13. 16 chaneltara on August 12, 2009 said:

    It’s not bad, but I just prefer the sweetness of Susie, Sosie is a lot harder to say for me.

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  14. 17 Heather on August 23, 2009 said:

    Sosie Fiona Pearl is the name I have chosen. I just adore this name

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