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[Opinions] Cassidy on a boy
So what are your opinions on Cassidy for a boys' name? Would it work best as a middle name?
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J'adore!Yes yes yes and yes
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Cassidy is like Kelly in that it can technically be a boy's name but it's an awkward fit. For both names the secret is to call the boy by a more masculine sounding nn, e.g. Cass and Kell.
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I've met two people named Cassidy in my life, and both have been male. I think it's nice, but I prefer it for a girl. On a boy, it might make some people do a double-take, but I don't think its so strange that it needs restrictions.
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I don't really like it for boys or girls, so I think it would work best as a middle name. As a first name, I would assume, sight unseen, that a Cassidy was female, just because I know it's much more common for girls. I wouldn't be thrown by a male Cassidy, however.
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Eh....not a fan.
I'm alright with Casey on a boy though. I think I see Casey more for a boy than for a girl
Cassidy: too girly and feminine in my opinion
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I still don't like it, but it's a hell of a lot more dignified and fitting on a boy than a girl. It might be better as a middle name, but either way I def. prefer it on a boy.
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I love Cassidy for a boy, I'm very fond of softer sounding boys names and tend to really like boys names that have gone unisex (ie. Ashley, Aubrey, Ariel). I've known several male Cassidy's and only one female Cassidy, I don't know how popular it actually is, but it isn't similar to either popular girl or boy names right now so I doubt a little male Cassidy would have many female class mates to contend with.
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I was a child in the 70s and I am stuck with the impression that the original inspirations for using Cassidy as a first name were pretty boys Shaun Cassidy - The Justin Bieber of the early 70s, who looked like this
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/7300000/Shaun-Cassidy-shaun-cassidy-7382979-761-869.jpg
...and actor David Cassidy who looked like this
http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/David_Cassidy_umvd001.jpgSo that probably is part of why I have this impression that it's a pretty-boy name. The other part being, that it has sounds from feminine names (Cassie, Melody, Charity) and none from masculine names I know, so it sort of "sounds feminine" to me. I struggle a little with imagining it as the first name of a guy. I don't like it!I don't think it's unusable as a boy name. I think it's within normal limits, so to speak, for names of baby boys presently. I'm not sure whether my impression of pretty-boy-ness is totally out of date or not. As a middle name, I would assume it was a reference to a family surname.
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QuoteI have this impression that it's a pretty-boy name
Though it wasn't what you were describing, the first thing I thought of here was a teddy boy, sort of like Aaron Taylor Johnson in Nowhere Boy (not that I'm a fan of Lennon, or the film), and now I feel oddly fond of Cassidy. I'm not sure that feeling will last, but, yes, right now, I like it - and even beforehand I could see it working rather well on a little boy, and I would certainly appreciate seeing it.

This message was edited 9/2/2014, 11:39 AM

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YES.Yes in that I adore Cassidy for a boy, not that I think it should be restricted to the middle area. Cassidy is wonderful for a boy; it puts me in the mind of rough-and-tumble cowpunchers and suave businessmen simultaneously, somehow, and it's pretty great when a name can be so versatile. Would love to meet a little boy Cassidy!
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Those are exactly the images that Cassidy brings to my mind!
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Cassidy has been on my boys list for ages! I originally started liking it as a full name for the nickname Cass - which came onto my radar after watching a short TV series with the main male protagonist of the same name.
For me, I would prefer it as a first name so I could use the nickname Cass, which is the whole reason why I started liking it in the first place. I think it will be hard, but people live and grow up perfectly happy with much "stranger" names. At least everybody knows how to say and spell Cassidy. (You'd hope anyway.)
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Wasn't it originally a boys' name?I think it's fine. One of my old bosses had a son named Cassidy, and no one thought it was strange.
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I like it. I like Cass as a nickname for it too, but Sid could work as well. If you're concerned about the fact that it's generally used more for girls, then yes, it'd be better as a middle name.
(If you look at the extra SSA data, Cassidy as a boy's name appeared first, but only a year before Cassidy for a girl. It spent a good decade being pretty much unisex until it caught on a lot more for girls).
eta: The book I'm reading just introduced a male Cassidy. Not a major character, but there you go. And it was published in 2012.

This message was edited 9/4/2014, 9:44 AM

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Cassidy was never even what I'd call a boy's name; it was used so rarely on boys and it only became popular as a girl's name. So I'd say, no, it is not a boy's name.
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