| The girl name Sade [ syll. sa-de, sad-e ] is pronounced SAED- KEY. Sade's language of origin is Yoruba and it is also used mainly in the Yoruba language. Sade has the meaning 'princess'. The name could be derived from the name of the Sade clan in Western Somalia. The first name is known from Sade Abyu(1959-), the lead vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning English group Sade. Sade is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1986 with 0.068% of baby girls being given the name Sade. Its ranking then was #212. The baby name has since experienced a marked drop in popularity, and is of only sporadic use now. Among all girl names in its group, Sade was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Sade include Sadie (English), Satu (Finnish and Scandinavian), Suzette (French), and Siùsaidh (Scottish). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Sade: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"
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