| The boy name Cade [ 1 syll. ca-de, cad-e ] is pronounced KEYD KEY. Cade's language of origin is Old English and it is used mainly in the English language. Cade's meaning is 'round'. The given name is derived from a surname, which is itself from a nickname meaning 'round'. The name enjoyed a boost in popularity from its use in the Margaret Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind (1936), for the character Cade Calvert. A variation of Cade is the English Kade. Cade is popular as a baby name for boys. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2001, 0.088% of baby boys were given the name Cade. It ranked at #200 then. In 2007, it ranked at #293 with a usage of 0.053%, and it was the most popular out of all boy names in its group. 79% more boys were named Cade than the next ranked name, the English Kade, in 2007. Baby names that sound like Cade include the English Kade, the English, German, and Scottish Keith, the English Codey, the English Codie, the English and Irish Cody, the English Coty, the Finnish Aukusti, the English Kody, the Finnish Kustaa, the Finnish Kyösti, the English Cassidy, and the English Kassidy. KEY: Pronunciation for Cade: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"
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