Cadence

[Orphlids]

I rather like the name Cadence, but my DP assures me it’s... er... sort of the opposite of posh. Is it?

I like it - the musical meaning would come to my mind before anything to do with running. People use Harmony and Melody as names too, so I don't see an issue. Unless the kid grows up to be tone-deaf

She might get Interrupted a lot. And whether she turned out to be perfect or imperfect, you'd have to hope she'd never be plagual...

''Tilt sounds like a great name for a cool hipster kid''.

Yes, with the middle name Pinball and confirmation name Table.

Tilt Pinball Table. OMG, I love it. It's so exotic.

It’s a cycling term not a kids name

DP suggested Cadence for our baby. He is a musician, however. I like it.

Bit close to decadence

Ooh, Decadence! I think that’d be a lovely name! Might add that to my list, along with the rather classical sounding Obscenity.

It definitely isn’t posh, it sounds American to me.

I love the sound of Cadence and love nickname Cady but could never use it as my DH is a cyclist and talks about cadence in relation to stuff like bike pedals

@Umnoway, thank you. Yes, I agree, it does sound American.

@Poodles03

she;s trtyinh to say DH thinks it's chavvy, but doesn't to get shouted down.

MNers generally take the use of the word "chavvy" as a crime akin to murdering their nan

it comes from the Latin for "to fall". Seems an odd thing to call a child

@speakout isn't one of Michael Jackksin's kids called Blanket?

My uncle’s middle name is Thickness. Anything sounds pretty normal after that.

I know a forty something Australian named Cadence. She is very much not chavvy.

Pluperfect? Conniption?

Decadence is horrendous.

It reminds me of the worst name I've ever heard in my life: Dinasti.

I know an 80ish year old Cadence so it is used as a name.

Decadence is horrendous.

Are you taking this seriously?

@Stinkyjellycat, oh , that’s interesting. Is she English?

Orphlids - I did at first but I've caught up now!

You can see why I did, though, the Baby Names section of Mumsnet is one of the funniest places ever to visit online, all these twee morons genuinely thinking they've come up with something unique and exotic while everyone else is trying not to piss themselves laughing.

I love the name Cadence, it's my dd middle name, wish I'd been brave enough to use as a first name

My car has cadence braking!!!

Baby Names section of Mumsnet is one of the funniest places ever to visit online

Agreed. The Times birth announcements come a close second though.

Decadence and Obscenity would be a good reply to the 'Help - we need names for our twins' sort of question, eh OP?
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