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Cassidy

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bumvumb · 04/05/2018 18:18

What does everyone think of Cassidy for a girl? Smile

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PandaCat · 09/05/2018 13:49

I knew a Cassidy, I think it's really nice for a girl.

keiratwiceknightly · 07/05/2018 14:03

I have a Cassie but it's short for Catherine. Great names both. Like Cassia also.

2totwo · 07/05/2018 14:00

@viques I would never make that association. There are many many plants in that genus with many different properties. I would associate it more with cinnamon.

viques · 07/05/2018 10:09

Cassia ? Why would any one want to name their child after a laxative?

blairsey · 07/05/2018 09:48

I like it :) I prefer Cassia or Kennedy though

ABitOTT · 07/05/2018 09:46

I know a 14 year old Cassidy. Suits her very well & is a lovely name

weekfour · 07/05/2018 08:34

Reminds me of the vampire in Preacher too.

mathanxiety · 06/05/2018 20:06

Along with the Irish surnames there are Anglo names heard everywhere - Mason, Sawyer, Parker, Harper, Carson, Carter, Gibson, Heath, Campbell, Dawson, Grayson, Harrison, Jackson, Lincoln, McKenzie, Presley, Taylor, Tyler, Winston, Beckett, Bennett, etc., etc.,

Brady, Quinn, Grady - some more Irish names.

mathanxiety · 06/05/2018 20:03

Harriet - I think the trend comes from the US. It started with Ryan.

I know several small Nolans and Kennedys here, one Cassidy (and one Kassidi), several Caseys, McKennas, and if I sat down to think about it I am sure there are more.

midsomermurderess · 06/05/2018 19:20

To me it's a pub in County Clare.

SilverySurfer · 06/05/2018 15:06

Great as middle name with Hopalong as first name (1950s cowboy tv show) otherwise not nice as a girl's name.

harrietm87 · 06/05/2018 11:55

Why have bog standard Irish surnames suddenly become trendy first names?

I think it's weird. I've said this before but you wouldn't call a child Patel or Petrov or Esposito if you weren't Indian or Russian or Italian so why so many Cassidy, Murphy, Kennedys etc?

Just give her a girl's first name. Cassie is cute.

STOPSHOUTINGPLS · 06/05/2018 11:45

BUTCH BUTCH BUTCH.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 06/05/2018 08:40

Cassia is SO much nicer. Cassidy is a surname to me.

Allthecake · 06/05/2018 00:29

Not a fan, how about Callie?

I'd just think Butch Cassidy.

AaarmadillosWhy · 06/05/2018 00:14

Reminds me of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

You would be condemning her to a life of being called Butch!!

Don't do that.

Cassia as PP said is nice.

dontticklethetoad · 06/05/2018 00:04

I went to school with a Cassidy (girl), I love it!

Mrsbarton · 06/05/2018 00:02

Love it!

Dixiestampsagain · 05/05/2018 23:57

I really like it. I always said if I’d been American, I’d have called DD Kennedy, which is similar (but doesn’t quite ‘work’ here, for some reason...that reasoning sounds really weird now I think about it!!)

disappearingninepatch · 05/05/2018 09:13

I've only ever known girls called Cassidy so I'm surprised that people think of it as a boys' name.

strawberrypenguin · 05/05/2018 08:51

It is a girls name - there was Cassidy Yates in Sat Trek DS9

JustSeeingHowManyCharactersWeC · 05/05/2018 08:46

I like it BUT it brings to mind Butch Cassidy and I think Butch would get used as a derogatory nickname.

What about Cassida?

Fifthtimelucky · 05/05/2018 08:41

I don't like it as a first name. Obviously my age, but I associate it heavily with David Cassidy.

It would be like calling a child 'Osmond'

mathanxiety · 04/05/2018 22:03

DaisyPond, that's odd - I know a teenage male Cassidy who was always assumed to be a girl when just his name was known.

Chezmk, it's an Irish surname.

Not my style of name at all. I prefer Cassia by a long shot.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 04/05/2018 21:43

I like Cassidy, but love Cassia.

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