Sade

Sade is a girl name of Yoruba origin, meaning Honour confers a crown.

What Sade means

Honour confers a crown.

Sade is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Sade comes from

Yoruba names are full sentences compressed into a word, and they commonly record something true about the birth — the circumstances, the family's gratitude, or a hope for the child.

Sade is recorded as Yoruba in origin. Browse other Yoruba names.

How popular is Sade?

Sade does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.

The character of Sade

The thread we file Sade under is royalty and rule — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Royal

Names like Sade

These share Sade's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

  • Ade — Crown; royalty.
  • Charlotte — Free; petite and feminine.
  • Eleanor — Shining light.
  • Freya — Noble lady; Norse goddess of love.
  • Sadie — Princess.
  • Sarah — Princess; noblewoman.
  • Aaliyah — Exalted; sublime.
  • Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
  • Amira — Princess; leader.
  • Augusta — Great and venerable.
  • Candace — Queen mother; radiant.
  • Catherine — Pure.

More Yoruba names

  • Ife — Love.
  • Femi — God loves me.
  • Ayodele — Joy comes home.
  • Ayo — Joy.
  • Ade — Crown; royalty.