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Honest thoughts on Cassidy?

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thamesk8 · 08/10/2013 20:35

Love Cassia but doesn't go with sn. Don't like Cassandra but love Cass and Cassie.

Which category does it fall into??

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HollyBen · 14/10/2013 17:27

I like Cassidy, but prefer Cassie - on my maybe list for DD2 (if I get a BFP and it is a DD and H agrees)

SkodaLabia · 14/10/2013 14:46

I know a Cass, just Cass. I love it.

jkklpu · 13/10/2013 22:34

I know a Caroline whose nickname is Cassie

cavell · 13/10/2013 20:54

Am I the only one to think "Hopalong Cassidy"?

I think Cassidy is not a particularly nice name and the only Cassidy I know told me she hated her name. (When I asked her name she said "It's CJ, or Cassidy". "Well, what do you prefer to be called?" "I don't like either of them. Cassidy I suppose". She was about eight. I felt sorry for her and lied that it was a nice, unusual name.)

manicinsomniac · 12/10/2013 11:55

I really like it. It's on my shortlist.

WonderWomanInAOnesie · 11/10/2013 21:53

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MrsEllsmore · 11/10/2013 21:34

I really like Cassidy... but then I have to admit I am a fan of surnames as first names and I'm not averse to American sounding names...

Yumsnet · 11/10/2013 21:20

Maybe Cassida? Or Cressida?

notallytuts · 11/10/2013 17:12

I LOVE the name cassidy!

squoosh · 10/10/2013 10:22

Of course not saying you shouldn't do it if you want to, just that Irish surnames as first names do sound very American teen TV star to me.

squoosh · 10/10/2013 10:17

Yes, Scottish surnames have been used as first names for donkey's. Irish surnames being used as first names is very much a modern thing.

Rafferty
Cassidy
Reilly
Flynn
Casey
Quinn
Kennedy
......
and a million others.

All common Irish surnames but have never met an actual Irish person with one as their first name.

scarfaceace · 10/10/2013 09:33

I know a Cassidy; she's about 35 years old now, and I've never known anybody to call her 'Butch' (and she certainly doesn't look butch!). I like it.

Coupon · 10/10/2013 09:13

Would Cassie work as nickname for Catherine?

LauraChant · 10/10/2013 09:04

Surnames as first names have been around for donkey's years. Many have migrated into becoming "proper" first names now. Stuart for example. So I can't really understand the problem!

smithwillsam · 10/10/2013 08:10

My daughter name Cassidy Isabelle. We love the name. We get really positive responses about the name and her siblings agree it is the best name ever.

DottyboutDots · 10/10/2013 05:21

Cassandra is a name, cassidy is a surname. Surnames as names are naff New world.

badtime · 09/10/2013 20:11

Cassiopeia?
Dorcas?

SoftSheen · 09/10/2013 15:19

Well it's not exactly a classic, is it? To me, Cassidy as a girls' name is of the same ilk as Piper, Riley, Bailey, Harper etc.

If you really don't like Cassandra, why not just call her Cassie?

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thamesk8 · 09/10/2013 15:18

Thought as much. Cassidy is ditched.

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meditrina · 09/10/2013 15:02

Cassidy is a transferred surname, that really only works well on a boy.

My main association is as a surname - David Cassidy

Otherwise Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

LauraChant · 09/10/2013 14:59

I like it too.

SingSoftKittyToMe · 09/10/2013 14:55

I personally like Cassidy for a girls name.

squoosh · 09/10/2013 13:11

I know a lot of people with this as a surname so can't see it is a first name I'm afraid.

ihearttea · 09/10/2013 09:19

They will be lumbered with the nickname 'Butch' which isn't the best!

Cassie is cute though

Wishfulmakeupping · 09/10/2013 09:16

Cassidy American 90's name to me
Cassandra is classic and quite beautiful but because of the only fools connection I wouldn't use it

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