Fọláṣadé, Ṣadé, Sharday

• Origin: Yoruba
• Gender: feminine
• Pronunciation:
• Yoruba: (FOH-lah-SHAH-day); (shah-DAY);
• Eng (Shar-day)

Ṣadé is from the Yoruba name, Fọláṣadé, which is composed of the elements, fi (use); ọlá (royalty, wealth), ṣe (perform) and adé (crown).

Ṣadé itself, and its anglicized offshoots of Sharday and sometimes Shardae, was popularized in the English-speaking world by Nigerian-British singer, Ṣadé Adu (nee Helen Fọláṣadé Adu, b. 1959).

Ṣadé appeared in the U.S. Top 1000 between 1985-2002, and peaked at #213 in 1986.

Other anglicized offshoots include Chardae and Charday.

Sources

• https://www.behindthename.com/name/sade/submitted
• http://www.yorubaname.com/entries/F%E1%BB%8Dla%CC%81%E1%B9%A3ade%CC%81
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_(singer)
• https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html