Sade

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Shade in US United States, KY Cayman Islands, ซาเดห์ in TH Thailand and Sadé in GY Guyana.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Sade is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Finnish given name10K records spelled Sade6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Säde, Šade, Sadé

• Spanish given name8.9K records spelled Sade13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Mexico, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Sadé, Sade', Sad'E, Sadè, Säde

• Hindi given name6.6K records spelled Sade5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Also written Sade', Sadé, Säde

• Arabic given name3.5K records spelled Sade3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Syria, United States, Türkiye, Nigeria

  Also written Şade, Sa'De

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Sade3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ethiopia

  Also written Säde, Sadé

• Swahili given name2.6K records spelled Sade7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, South Africa, Sweden

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Sadé, Sad'E, Şade, Sáde

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Sade is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, in Avene. 2. nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from OF sade agreeable (originally of taste, from L sapidus', cf. Savoureux) .

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In Finnish, precipitation (any kind of precipitation from the sky (e.g. rain, snow, sleet, hailstones))

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, To tire, weary.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, plain

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Marquis de, French novelist

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 41 years between 1985–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eila Pennanenb. 1916FInot in their usual nameFinnish writer and translator (1916–1994)
• Säde Matikka-Nieminenb. 1922FIFinnish actor
• Säde Purgeb. 1934EEEstonian historian (born 1934)
• Sade Adeniranb. 1960GBNigerian novelist
• Säde Bartlingb. 1965FIFinnish singer, composer and choir director
• Sade Baderinwab. 1969USAmerican journalist
• Säde Tahvanainenb. 1972FIFinnish politician
• Nastja Säde Rönkköb. 1985FIFinnish artist
• Sade Elhawaryb. 1987USAmerican politician and community organizer
• Sade Katarinab. 1998FIAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 387 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sade?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Sade (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Sade have the most bearers?

We estimate about 7.9 thousand people bear Sade in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled shade.

Where is Sade most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sade is densest in Finland — about 1 in 3.1 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Sade compared with other names?

In Nigeria, Sade is the 867th most common given name of 146,224 given names recorded there.

Is Sade a male or female name?

Sade is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Sade mean?

Recorded meaning: Saddes in Avene. 2. nickname for a pleasant or amiable person, from OF sade agreeable (originally of taste, from L sapidus; cf.