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Kadience

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How to Pronounce Kadience

Pronounced KAY-dee-uhns /ˈkeɪ.di.əns/Medium

Meaning: Kadience is a phonetic respelling of Cadence, a word-name from Latin cadentia, 'a falling', used in music for the rhythmic close of a phrase. Cadence rose as a girl's name in the 2000s, and spellings like Kadence and Kadience followed. The meaning is 'rhythm, flow'.Low

In 30 seconds: Kadience respells Cadence, from Latin for a rhythmic 'flow' or musical fall, given to a few dozen girls a year (said 'KAY-dee-uhns').

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MeaningKadience is a phonetic respelling of Cadence, a word-name from Latin cadentia, 'a falling', used in music for the rhythmic close of a phrase. Cadence rose as a girl's name in the 2000s, and spellings like Kadence and Kadience followed. The meaning is 'rhythm, flow'.

U.S. rank (2020)#14217 ↗ Rising

2020 U.S. births6 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year2012

Total births (all-time)≈ 301

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

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

Kadience respells Cadence, from Latin cadentia, 'a falling' — in music, the satisfying rhythmic close of a phrase. As a name it carries a sense of flow and harmony. Cadence became fashionable in the 2000s, and K-spellings like Kadence and Kadience arrived in its wake.

It was always rare beside standard Cadence, drawing a small annual handful into the 2010s. Kadience reads as a modern respelling of a modern word-name; a Kadience today is likely Gen-Z, and the name's musical 'rhythm and flow' meaning gives it genuine appeal.

Did you know? Kadience is a creative spelling of the musical word-name Cadence; it crested around 2012 with only a few dozen girls, riding the 2000s taste for melodic, meaning-rich names.

Overall data confidence 45%

References — Kadience — Respelling of Cadence; Latin cadentia 'rhythmic flow'

Variations

CadenceKadenceKaydenceKadance

Nicknames

KadyKade

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Cadence— the standard spelling of the word-name

Kadence— a like K-spelling of Cadence

Kaydence— a sister respelling in the same family

Harmony— a related musical virtue-name of the era

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Kadience mean?

Kadience is a respelling of Cadence, from Latin 'cadentia', a rhythmic flow or musical fall.

How do you pronounce Kadience?

It's said KAY-dee-uhns /ˈkeɪ.di.əns/ — three syllables, stress on the first.

Is Kadience a boy or girl name?

Kadience is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Kadience?

Kadience was always rare, a respelling of Cadence that peaked in the early twenty-tens.