Comments on: Sadie’s Sisters

By: Fetching Names: Borrowed from the Beatles | Appellation Mountain

Fetching Names: Borrowed from the Beatles | Appellation Mountain — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:50 +0000

[...] an affectionate form of Sarah, Sadie has risen fast on her own, inspiring parents to consider other vintage nicknames like Hattie. Unlike many of the names in Beatles’ songs, though, there is apparently no [...]

By: 12 Baby Name Predictions for 2012 | Appellation Mountain

12 Baby Name Predictions for 2012 | Appellation Mountain — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:04:51 +0000

[...] last ranked in the US Top 1000 in 1968, and Harriet disappeared after 1970. Hattie is a possible successor name to the popular Sadie, too, just as likely to be given independently, even if she started out as a [...]

By: Starbaby News: Welcome Hattie Margaret! | Appellation Mountain

Starbaby News: Welcome Hattie Margaret! | Appellation Mountain — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:14:11 +0000

[...] couple, but it fits – Jack, Liam, Stella, and Hattie. She’s also on trend with names like Sadie, as well as the British tendency to elevate short forms to formal name [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Polly | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Polly | Appellation Mountain — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:04:33 +0000

[...] revisit Polly as a short form of another name: Paulina, Penelope, Pomeline, or even Appoline. Diminutives like Molly and Sadie have graduated to independent status, but Polly is not quite there – [...]

By: chaneltara

chaneltara — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:42:22 +0000

We have a Rosemary, called Rosy/Rosie almost exclusively. For this baby, our top contenders are Lucy, Daphne, Sophie, and Bonnie, my favorites being Lucy and Bonnie So yes we like names that end in the EE sound lol.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:58:29 +0000

Oh – and I love Celie! Great find.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:58:02 +0000

I went to high with school with a Sarah-called-Sari. It’s an appealing nickname, but I can’t quite imagine it on a birth certificate. Then again, there’s Suri.

As for Erie, personally I can’t see it as anything other than eerie. But I spent most of my life in Pennsylvania.

Spelled Eiry, I can imagine getting the rhymes-with-fairy pronunciation. And I’m not sure how much my formative years in the Keystone State have skewed my view.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:54:29 +0000

I did not know that – thanks!

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:51:23 +0000

I agree – Edie is just on the right side of wearable as a formal name. It’s a stretch, but she *could* also be short for Endellion.

By: Lemon

Lemon — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:35:43 +0000

So, you’re pronouncing Erie like fairy, and not like Lake Erie? To me, a person who lives near the Great Lakes, Erie is all [eerie] to me, not [airy].

A recent -ie find for me is Celie! Yes, [see-lee], a nickname for Celia, Cecilia, Cecily, Celine, Cecile, etc. It’s likely too nickname-y for me, but I think it is elegant enough, like Sylvie, to stand alone without feeling dowdy or overly young, which is how I feel many nicknames end up sounding.

As someone who was almost named Maggie, not Margaret, I’m glad I don’t have a nickname name. Also, my sister is a Sarah, never called Sadie. My brother jokingly calls her Sue, but I think he likes it because it rhymes with his nickname for me, Lu. My mom used to call her Sarah-Beth – no, her middle name isn’t Elizabeth or Beth – and she’s more often than not “Sari.” Coincidentally, I grew up with a girl whose younger sister was Sari, just that.