Behind the Name: BlueRoseAthena's Personal Name List

Cadence

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English (Modern)

Pronounced: KAY-dəns

From an English word meaning "rhythm, flow". It has been in use only since the 20th century.

Cadeyrn

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Welsh (Rare)

From Old Welsh Catigirn meaning "battle king", derived from cat "battle" and tigirn "king, monarch". This was the name of a 5th-century king of Powys in Wales, the son of Vortigern.

Cadfael

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Welsh (Rare)

From Old Welsh Catmail meaning "battle prince", from cat "battle" and mael "prince". This was apparently the birth name of Saint Cadoc. It was used by the British author Ellis Peters for the main character in her books The Cadfael Chronicles, first released in 1977.

Cadmus

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)

Other Scripts: Κάδμος(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: KAD-məs(English)

Latinized form of Greek Κάδμος (Kadmos), of uncertain meaning. In Greek mythology Cadmus was the son of the Phoenician king Agenor. He was sent by his father to rescue his sister Europa, who had been abducted by Zeus, although he did not succeed in retrieving her. According to legend, Cadmus founded the city of Thebes and introduced the alphabet to Greece.