Adie

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Adie

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The given names are diminutives + -ie.

proper noun Adee

  1. A diminutive of the male given names Adam, Adrian, and Aidan, from Hebrew, Latin, or Irish. "My only worth will be in always remembering to do the thing that pleases you; and yet, although I don't really like Adie, it has a more home-like, more whisperable sound than Adrian. Adrian is a grand, heroic sort of a name, yet what a beautiful name it is.
  2. A diminutive of the female given names Adele, Adriana, and Adrienne, from the Germanic languages, Latin, or French. "I'd like if you call me Adie. It is short for Adele."
  3. A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam. The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.

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@misc{adie_2026,
  title = {Adie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}