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Boy · English
Cade Say it: KAYD
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Meaning From an English surname, possibly from an Old English personal name Cada or from Middle English cade 'cask, barrel'.
Uncertain several explanations, none settled.
Used as an American boys' name from the 1990s.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 50 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2001 per 100,000 babies of that sex 28,863 babies given this name since 1953 At its height in 2001, about 1 in 1,100 boys 816 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Kade
Names worth a look Walker Boy From an English occupational surname for a fuller, who trod cloth to thicken it. Victorian · peak 2020 Winston Boy From an English place name, Old English Wynstan's tūn 'Wynstan's settlement'. Modern · peak 2019 Rocco Boy After St Roch; the name is probably Germanic, perhaps from hrok 'rest' or a word for 'crow', but this is uncertain. Victorian · peak 2009 Heath Boy From an English surname for someone living on a heath, Old English hǣð. Modern · peak 1974 Wilfred Boy From Old English wil 'will, desire' and frith 'peace'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1917 Phoenix Girl or boy From Greek phoinix, the mythical bird reborn from its ashes; the word also meant 'Phoenician' and 'purple-red'. Modern · peak 2020 Cody Boy From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Óda 'son of Óda' (from a Norman name Odo); it is strongly… Modern · peak 1992 Katie Girl A pet form of Katherine, from Greek Aikaterine, whose origin is unknown; the popular meaning 'pure' comes from a… Victorian · peak 1986 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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