The Dutch gave St. Nicholas the nickname âSinter Klaas,â a derivation of the Dutch Sint Nikolaas, or St. Nicholas. Roughly 100 years later is when Santa Claus started to resemble the Kris Kringle of popular culture, when giving gifts to children around Christmastime started becoming mainstream.
In 2015 the popular name Sadie, ranked the 52nd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States. Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Sadie has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past. Its highest popularity ranking of #46 was reached in 2014 with 4,849 occurrences. The least amount of newborns dubbed Sadie in any given year was 80 in 1969.
In fact, Imogen recently displaced Charlotte as the breakout Number 1 among girl names on Nameberry for the first half of 2013. In England and Wales, the stylish Imogen is currently Number 42. It's the second most popular name on Nameberry. Other pluses: Imogen has the wonderful namesake photographer Imogen Cunningham and also a meaning that can't be topped. Immy is the cute diminutive; in the book and movie Fried Green Tomatoes, the character Imogene's nickname was Idgie.