What do you think of [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as a nickname for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]? Or do you prefer [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as it’s own name? [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] [name_f]Michelle[/name_f] and [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] are cute but I’d like suggestions. Thanks 
That’s actually perfect. I like [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] ok on it’s own, but [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is an excellent combo.
I think [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as a nn for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is lovely.
I don’t find [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] a substantial enough name on its own, it just sounds very childish to my ears, but as a nn for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] it’s fine.
Ditto those above. You can use [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as a nn for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] without [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] as the middle too. But [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is a pleasant combo and it does reinforce [name_f]Sadie[/name_f].
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] nn [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is perfect! I prefer [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as a nn and this combo is just lovely.
One of my pet peeves is using a gorgeous name and the child being called a completely different name. This happened to both me and my husband. We have both had a lifetime of correcting our name to teachers, employers, etc. Please don’t do it!! Rant over.
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is beautiful if she will be call [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is a full name in its own right. If you want her called [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] is beautiful.
I like both [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] and [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as individual names.
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is beautiful. I prefer [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as a nn.
It could go both ways. The nn [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] would fit so nicely. 
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is a gorgeous combo…and [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is sweet and spunky. I don’t like [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] as a given name, and it is perfect as a nn here!
Um, [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] actually IS a nickname for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], that’s where it comes from to begin with. That combined with the middle name [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] makes it even more obvious and logical.
I prefer [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] on its own. I’ve never liked the name [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. I’ll never know why. [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is okay but I find [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] to be a bit boring while [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is fun and spunky. Not to bash any Sarahs out there! I have met a ton of lovely Sarahs!
And, @spring13, no one nowadays knows that [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is a nickname for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. I literally had to explain that to my friend (she thinks I’m making it up) and then explain it to the person I was ranting to about how stupid my friend is. I agree, nicknames can get pretty annoying. When I’m somewhere like at the airport it takes me a suspicious amount of time to figure out that “[name_f]Abigael[/name_f]” means me.
It’s cute, but I’m personally not sure how long the novelty would last. In my mind, [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] and [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] are two completely different names.
I know, but [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is a name on its own right. And as I stated, I lived with one of those nicknames. It is a pain in the neck I wouldn’t wish on anyone.
I like both [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], but [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] feels more classic and sedate. I like that [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] is an option but if it doesn’t suit her, or if she finds it too juvenile at some point, she can switch to the lovely [name_f]Sarah[/name_f].
[name_m]Plenty[/name_m] of people go by a short form of a name on a day by day basis, even though that short form is an established name, and they cope just fine.
[name_f]Maggie[/name_f] can be a name in its own right too, and it’s what I’m known as 90% of the time, but not once have I questioned why my parents didn’t just name me [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] in the first place.
My advice is: Name her what you’re going to call her. It’s so much simpler when the name you’re called matches the name on your passport. If you want to call her [name_f]Sadie[/name_f], name her [name_f]Sadie[/name_f]. If you want to call her [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], name her [name_f]Sarah[/name_f].
The fact that [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] began as a nickname for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] is not intuitive. No one other than name nerds are going to know that [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] = Nickname for [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]. So she’s going to have to explain her entire life that her name is [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] but she’s called [name_f]Sadie[/name_f]. Most people do not have nameberry accounts and they’re not going to get this like they would get that [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] is [name_f]Margaret[/name_f].
I work at a university and it is incredibly frustrating for students when their name is [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] but all of their evaluations and letters of reference refer to them as “[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]”, which happens all the time. Or, students who go by their middle name instead of their first name. It’s a pain for them, and I wouldn’t recommend doing it.
So… [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is lovely if you want to call her [name_f]Sarah[/name_f], but I feel that [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] is… there are a lot of Sarahs! What about [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]? Or [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]?
I just would really advise against [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] nicknamed [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] because most people are not going to have any idea that the two names are connected (unlike [name_f]Maggie[/name_f] & [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]). Also, nicknames as given names are really popular these days, so it’s not out of place at all to see [name_f]Sadie[/name_f] on a birth certificate–not when you’re also seeing [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], [name_u]Alfie[/name_u], and [name_m]Archie[/name_m] on birth certificates.
Good luck!