Adie

alternative 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.

   1874, Bertha de Jongh, The Sisters Lawless, by the author of Rosa Noel, page 245

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."

   2010, Mary Carnaghan, Adie, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 33

3. A surname transferred from the given name derived from Adam.

   The journalist Kate Adie was born in 1945.