Sade is a Yoruba name from Nigeria, a short form of Folasade, which means "honor confers a crown" or "crowned with wealth"; it is pronounced shah-DAY. The British-Nigerian singer Sade Adu, famous for "Smooth Operator", carried it around the world in the 1980s. Sade entered the US top 1000 in 2001, peaked at number 788 the same year and sits at number 2058 in 2025.