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Cachet

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How to Pronounce Cachet

Pronounced ka-SHAY /kæˈʃeɪ/Medium

Meaning: Cachet is the French and English word cachet, a seal or stamp that came to mean prestige and distinction; used as a given name it draws on that sense of elegance and mark of quality rather than a traditional personal-name root.Medium

In 30 seconds: Cachet is the French word for prestige or a seal, used as a stylish given name. It appeared for a small number of United States girls around 1986 (said ka-SHAY).
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Origin MediumFrench, English
MeaningCachet is the French and English word cachet, a seal or stamp that came to mean prestige and distinction; used as a given name it draws on that sense of elegance and mark of quality rather than a traditional personal-name root.
U.S. rank (1999)#12944 ↗ Rising
1999 U.S. births6 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1986
Total births (all-time)≈ 285

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 198619721999

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Cachet is a word name borrowed from French, carrying the ideas of style and distinction. As a given name it stayed rare, touching a small high around 1986.

Given to only about twenty girls a year at most, it appeared thinly through the nineteen-eighties and nineties. A girl named Cachet at that peak would be in her late thirties today. The name reads as chic and deliberately elegant.

Did you know? The word cachet began as the French for a seal or stamp and grew to mean prestige and distinction, the sense a parent draws on when choosing it as a name.
Overall data confidence 55%
References - Cachet — French cachet, a seal; came to mean prestige or distinction

Variations

CachetteCachaeCashae

Nicknames

CacheShayCece

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Cachet mean?

It is the French word cachet, a seal that came to mean prestige or distinction.

How do you pronounce Cachet?

It is said ka-SHAY /kæˈʃeɪ/, two syllables with the stress on the second.

Is Cachet a boy or girl name?

Cachet is used here as a girl's name.

How popular is Cachet?

It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-eighties.

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