Comments for CADENCE:

This is also a musical term for the end of a phrase, giving it either a finished or unfinished sound.

-- wiswina  12/10/2005

I once saw the name Cadence spelt Kaidence. *shudder*

-- eponine_pontmercy  1/30/2006

One of the first uses of Cadence as a given name was for the heroine of Armistead Maupin's novel Maybe the Moon, which was originally published in 1992.

-- clevelandkentevans  3/6/2006

I love the sound of this name, but it is very trendy at the moment, and pretty tacky. Kind of like Nevaeh, another guilty pleasure of mine that is really tacky.

-- claraelizabethann  4/10/2006

Lots of various spellings for this name: Caydence, Kaydence, Caedence, Kaedence, Caydance, Kaydance.

-- Anonymous User  6/13/2006

I used this name in my newest story. This is the name I have gotten the most compliments from readers about - beautiful for a boy or girl! And it fits my character perfectly!

-- Emmasj  9/6/2006

Nickname can be Cady or Kady. Not a bad name, I have heard worse.

-- Anonymous User  9/26/2006

The name of a character (portrayed by January Jones) in the movie "American Wedding".

-- SSF  1/5/2007

Every time I hear this name my high school marching band's drum Cadence starts playing in my head! I think this name is more feminine. And my friend's flute instructor was going to name her son that, but (luckily, in my opinion) she named him Caden or something similar. If you are big into music, Cadence is a great name to give Harmony a rest.

-- rubberduckiiz2  1/5/2007

Too much like Candace, a name which I also dislike, while it has the ridiculous, tacky feel of names like Melody and Harmony.

-- Anonymous User  1/11/2007

My first name is Cadence; in my opinion, it's a very, shall we say, unique name. You can thank my mother for that one. Often, it has been pronounced "Candace", and once in gradeschool I had a teacher question my correction of her saying, "I know what my list says, 'Cadence' is not a name!". Cady is my nickname, and has been for as long as I can remember. However, the spelling has also confused as to its pronunciation, Cody, Caddy, etc. Many people have told me what an interesting and different name it is, but in a family where my brother's name is Gray, which would have been 'Timber' had he been a girl, I guess Cadence is just "the norm". It has definitely been an interesting time for me so far.

-- Echocat  1/13/2007

I like Cadynce or Kadynce.

-- proud_mommyQTpie  1/15/2007

My daughter's name is Cadence and it suits her beautifully! We are often asked where we found that name and have had mixed reviews on the name from other people. However, I think it's a beautiful name!

-- Anonymous User  8/21/2007

Cadence came from the name "Cade".

-- Anonymous User  10/22/2007

As a drummer, I am quite amused by Cadence! I do think it's pretty, a good choice for musical parents, but please don't name boys this! As endearing as it is to the drummer in me, I wouldn't personally use it because I don't like to use trendy names. I prefer classic, maybe even slightly old fashioned names, especially if the name is associated with a saint. However, if somebody wants to name their child this, more power to 'em! It is very nice. (As long as you stay away from weird spellings.)

-- jazzbunnie  11/27/2007

This Cadence name is gorgeous! I wish I had the opportunity to name my little child (daughter) Cadence.

-- diamond  12/2/2007

I don't really like the sound of this name, and I like few names that end in the 's' sound anyway. I'm a little suspicious of the name anyway, as it seems to have surfaced into popularity from nowhere, and I shudder to think what sort of a thing inspired people to start using this as a name. Some insipid person on a TV show? A Christian rock band member who named his daughter Cadence? Whatever it is, it can't be good.

-- slight night shiver  5/18/2008

My niece is named Cadence, and we usually call her Cady and Cadydid, well, because, Cady usually did it. But I absolutely adore her name. I think this is an absolutely lovely name for a girl!

-- KohakuRiver  8/14/2008

I love Cadence, but on a boy.

-- tigerlilly  11/11/2008

I LOVE this name. I found it by accident on some random name generator on another site and fell in love with it. Plus, as a band geek, I know about drum cadences. I like it spelled Kadence. I think I just like "K"s though. :)

-- krazykels  12/30/2008

I'm sure this could be used as a masculine sort of name; I feel it has a masculine sound to it. It's also really beautiful because of it's affiliation to music and rhythm, I guess, though I've never heard of drum cadences before. I think this should be unisex or whatever the term is. I'm using it for a male character in this novel I'm writing, anyway.

-- The Raptoid  6/5/2009

This sounds tacky and trashy as a name and it goes along with that stupid -aden trend. It's not even that pretty. There are other names that are much nicer.

-- bananarama  10/29/2009

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