Addie

Meaning: Its source is a Hebrew expression meaning "Red earth."

Nickname For: Adam

Narrative: Some authorities believe this name is Phoenician in origin, and simply means ''man.'' Others believe the Hebrew original refers to ruddy skin.

In the Jewish scriptures, this is the name of the first man. Though we aren't told if Adam named himself, it was his job to give names ''to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field.''

Adam was also the first person to give a name to another human being. He named his wife and helpmate Chava (in English, Eve), meaning ''life,'' because she was ''the mother of all living.''

Soon thereafter, Adam and Eve were the first couple to face the problem of what to name their offspring.

Sports

Addie Joss
Baseball player.
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)


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Meaning: Its source is Adalheit, an Ancient Germanic name meaning "Exalted nature."

Origin: "Adalheit."

Languages: This girl's name is used in German and English.

Nickname For: Adelaide

Popularity: The name Addie ranked 513th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Leadership

Addie Mae Collins
Civil rights activist.
- Killed in civil rights movement September 15, 1963 (see list of Names on the Civil Rights Memorial)

Miscellaneous

Addie Wyatt
American labor organizer. A leader in the struggle for equal pay for equal work.
- 1975 Time Magazine Man of the Year, sharing the honor with 11 other women (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)

The Literary World

Addie
Fictional character.
- Character in The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)
Addie Bundren
Fictional character.
- Character in As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)