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Addie

Addie

35 5.1
A female given name that is a short form of Adelaide or Adeline
  • proper noun
  • /ˈædi/
: Addie
  • Buddy Hooks has a huge crush on Addie, Mom.
  • Addie said
  • Addie looked
  • Miss Addie

I know that I name dropped Addie LaRue in this video.

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Examples

  • Yeah, I need a new plan, Addie.

    The Break-Up (2006)

  • By the time a friend rescued Addie from the trophy, other friends had chimed in encouragingly.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Oh, Addie, what do they care whether I live or die, as long as I hold a job?

    Tennessee Johnson (1942)

  • "Let me show you what I found." Addie rose, and I followed her into the blue room.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Walter, I think Addie will understand.

    Dog Days (2018)

  • Oh, Aunt Addie, will you help me with this please?

    In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

  • Come on, Addie, I'm going to give you a ride home.

    Kansas City (1996)

  • Oh, Aunt Addie, this is Mr. Larkin, from the store.

    In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

  • Addie, if the condo sells, I think I'm gonna lose him.

    The Break-Up (2006)

  • Addie loves to read books and writes stories in her free time.

Synonyms

Addy
vsAddie
  • Informal
20 7.2

A female name often short for Adelaide, Addison or Adeline

is originally a diminutive specifically for Adelaide or Adeline

Surface Forms

Addie main

Morphology

Addie = Ada + Adeline + Adelaide (transparent) = Ada + ie

The form is recognizably a diminutive formed by truncation of names like 'Ada', 'Adeline', or 'Adelaide' with the familiar '-ie' diminutive, which is obvious to learners.

Etymology

The name Addie began as a short, friendly form of older names like Adelaide and Adeline, which come from an old German word adal meaning 'noble'. So Addie started as a family or pet name and today people use it as a full given name, keeping the original idea of being 'noble'.