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If you hear Casey, do you think boy or girl?

185 replies

crabette · 22/06/2023 22:48

Just that really - if you hear Casey, do you think boy or girl?

I know the name is unisex, just wondered about first impressions.

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SkyAboveSoBlue · 22/06/2023 23:32

Boy. It depends where you are from I suppose.

FlippersDippers · 22/06/2023 23:38

Boy - because I know one.

BarelyLiterate · 22/06/2023 23:43

i think of Casey as an American boy’s name, eg Casey Jones, Casey Affleck.

In Britain, I have heard it used for girls, but it sounds chavvy. Same sort of vibe as Madison.

NBLarsen · 22/06/2023 23:44

I think it can be either equally boy or girl, but if I had to only pick one, I'd say it's a boy's name.

Boomboom22 · 22/06/2023 23:47

Either but usually boy as a teacher.

Boomboom22 · 22/06/2023 23:47

But have had girls so either.

winniedapooh · 22/06/2023 23:55

Casey - Boy
Kasey - Girl

SkaneTos · 22/06/2023 23:56

Boy.

Ponderingwindow · 22/06/2023 23:57

Boy

salamithumbs · 23/06/2023 00:09

Girl, since the only Casey I've ever met was a girl, and also it reminds me of Casey Anthony. Plus it sounds kind of girly I think, because of Stacey, Tracy, Lacey, Cassie etc..
But mainly to me it sounds like a surname- I know three families called Casey!

CrazyArmadilloLady · 23/06/2023 00:19

Why are you asking, @crabette?

RosesAndHellebores · 23/06/2023 00:21

Either because it's a surname.

SirenSays · 23/06/2023 00:24

Girl - I'll always think of Casey Becker

SaveMeFromMyBoobs · 23/06/2023 00:28

I hear Casey I think of Chicago Fire (though it's actually his surname!), closely followed by Casey Batchelor (model).

It's unisex and a surname, but not particularly offensive or likely to get the child picked on 🤷‍♀️ - unless if course they want to be sherlock holmes and its 'casey is on the case' but compared to shit kids make up is rather mild.

Saschka · 23/06/2023 00:31

Girl.

Though Casey Kasem (voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo) was obviously, like, a total boy.

hampsteadmum · 23/06/2023 00:38

Boy - Casey Kasem American DJ who hosted the Billboard Top 40.

FoodFestfFork · 23/06/2023 00:49

Girl. Probably from the rougher side of the town.

CallieQ · 23/06/2023 00:57

I think Cannonball Express

IneedcoffeeinanIV · 23/06/2023 01:00

I think boy but I like it for both

Pocodaku · 23/06/2023 01:01

I know two boy Caseys in the US and one girl
Casey in Oz.

SomePeopleAreNice · 23/06/2023 01:02

Both but I know a man in his 50s with the name and it really suits him

ShowsLikeThese · 23/06/2023 01:02

Wouldn't make an assumption - it's unisex

Thethingswedoforlove · 23/06/2023 01:06

Reminds me of the book Casey the utterly impossible horse which was my absolute favourite as a child. Casey was a male.

JamSandle · 23/06/2023 01:09

Girl

Guavafish1 · 23/06/2023 01:09

Boy

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