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This for a Boys name?....

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essexanon · 06/03/2020 16:45

Hey all

so me and my other half literally cannot agree on any name for our Boy to be. and weve gone through 100's!

But I like the name Cadence for a boy? im in the UK and I don't think its popular here (which I like) but its quite popular in the USA for girls, although online suggests its unisex and girls spell it differently

Whats your opinion on it? can it work for our boy? (I haven't asked DH yet about it, as I cant be bothered for another argument) but id love to know the general view on the name before I approach it.

xx

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midwestspring · 07/03/2020 14:54

It is a name more usually associated with girls in the UK I suspect.
Clarence
Charles
Cormac
Corey

Might be possible as C starting male names?

ElfishBiatch · 07/03/2020 14:48

Whoops. Sorry. That’s Credence 🤦‍♀️

ElfishBiatch · 07/03/2020 14:47

There is a male Cadence in Fantastic Beasts. I think it is a girls name usually though.

emilybrontescorsett · 07/03/2020 14:41

I only know a girl called Cadence.

daisypond · 07/03/2020 14:10

Girl’s name. Musical term.

BobbyBlueCat · 07/03/2020 12:15

It's a girl's name.

123Dancewithme · 07/03/2020 12:11

I’d go with Caden or Clarence instead. Or Laurence.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 07/03/2020 11:18

Clarence is a great name, haven't come across a Clarence in decades (my DGD's NDN, who was about 100 when I was a child)

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 07/03/2020 10:57

I know of 2 boys called cade.
One now mid teens, the other probably about 8?
I quite like it

ineedaholidaynow · 07/03/2020 09:44

I thought it was a musical term.

I’m afraid I don’t like it

Whatsyourflava · 07/03/2020 09:42
  • Clarence, that is
Whatsyourflava · 07/03/2020 09:41

@BaronessBomburst thank you 😁 it is lovely isn’t it.

BaronessBomburst · 07/03/2020 09:17

Now Clarence is lovely! I wouldn't have thought of that.

BaronessBomburst · 07/03/2020 09:16

I hear cadence and think of the engineering software.
It's also a word to describe the inflection in someone's voice or in music.

Whatsyourflava · 07/03/2020 09:11

Meant to tag you @essexanon

Whatsyourflava · 07/03/2020 09:10

I think it’s more of a girls name

How about Clarence? That’s a v v unusual name but always used exclusively for boys. It really grows on you, promise

Cbeebiesrehab · 07/03/2020 08:59

I know a girl called Cadence. I dislike it and even more so for a boy.

DramaAlpaca · 07/03/2020 00:21

Cadence is a term I associate with cycling, it's ridiculous as a name.

When it is used as a name, it's for girls. It has a feminine sound to it.

ScouseMar · 06/03/2020 20:54

It's a girl's name to me.

And a cycling term.

strawberrylipgloss · 06/03/2020 20:38

I think people will assume he's Caden and the " ce " is a typo. I've only heard of a female Cadence

Aquamarine1029 · 06/03/2020 20:17

It's a girl's name and it's awful. How's about Camden? Carson? Caden?

Jossina · 06/03/2020 20:17

I don't think it sounds like a "girls" name, but then again I hate this obsession with boys having "masculine" names only. Cade is a cute nickname too. Nice especially if you're a musical family or into marching.

Verily1 · 06/03/2020 20:13

It sounds like kayden which is not good.

cptartapp · 06/03/2020 19:04

It's a girls name. Sounds very effeminate anyway.

MamaDane · 06/03/2020 18:50

Ah. Sorry OP, but I don't think that would be a nice experience for your son to have - growing up as Cadence. Caden is a boy's name, not one I personally like, but I think it would be a better choice.
Caden
Carson
Casey
or Lawrence, if it's the last part if the name you're attracted to.