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Yea or Nay: Sosie

August 11, 2009 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

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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Comments

  1. A. says

    February 19, 2014 at 10:35 PM

    Sosie is an ancient Armenian name, not very common these days, the name of Armenian queen, who was the wife of Aram II- latest was the king of Armenia around 3000 years ago. She was so beautiful that pregnant women believing the old legend tried to face her so they would give a birth of beautiful children. the queen was the mother of legendary Armenian king Ara the Handsome, who was killed by the queen of Babylon, Shamiram. Queen Sosie planted plane tree garden that was named after her in Armenian as sosi trees.
    It is a very beautiful name, not a nickname as such described above. And the association with the beautiful queen should you all Sosie’s make feel proud and love it, as it’s Indo-European origin, you can meet it in France as a city and historical people and in Sanskrit as well.

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  2. sosie says

    December 26, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    this was/is my nickname. My first name is actually Shoshanna but sometimes people call me Shosh or Shanna. I will tell you that many people mispronounce this name and I was made fun of a tiny bit in grade school with this name. It is pronounced so-see you basically take the name “susie” and say it with an “o” sound instead. It is a cute nickname but I have been trying to dump that name since I was kid because people have such a hard time pronouncing it and they always ask me what it’s short for? In short, because of my own personal experience with my name I try to go by Shoshanna with anyone other than old friends and close family.

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  3. Heather says

    August 23, 2009 at 11:49 PM

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

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  4. chaneltara says

    August 12, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    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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  5. Corinne says

    August 12, 2009 at 12:27 AM

    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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  6. Eva says

    August 11, 2009 at 11:45 PM

    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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  7. charlottevera says

    August 11, 2009 at 6:39 PM

    Way too sing-songy for my taste.

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  8. Kelleita says

    August 11, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    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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  9. photoquilty says

    August 11, 2009 at 4:53 PM

    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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    • Allison says

      August 11, 2009 at 5:10 PM

      Swoosie Kurtz was my first thought, too!

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  10. coolteamblt says

    August 11, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    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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  11. Wrenn says

    August 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    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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  12. Heather says

    August 11, 2009 at 1:00 PM

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

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    • appellationmountain says

      August 12, 2009 at 12:38 AM

      Heather, have you picked out a middle name?

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  13. jess says

    August 11, 2009 at 12:43 PM

    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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  14. Dearest says

    August 11, 2009 at 11:25 AM

    My first thought was Kayser S

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    • appellationmountain says

      August 12, 2009 at 12:38 AM

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

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  15. appellationmountain says

    August 11, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    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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  16. Mookie says

    August 11, 2009 at 5:56 AM

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

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