Cadence

In music, we generally use the word "Cadence" to describe sequences of action at the end of a musical phrase. Although the name has a beautiful feel, some musicians I know are skeptical over the use of Cadence as a name. After all, you wouldn't name your child after a stop sign!

Comes from a Latin root "cadere," meaning "to fall, sink, or drop." This name comes from the same root as such words as "decay," "decadent," or "cascade." The listed meaning of "rhythm, flow," may be due to the fact that rises and falls in meter and beat give music its rhythm and flow, and thus its "Cadence."

Cadence came from the name "Cade".

One of the first uses of Cadence as a given name was for the heroine of Armistead Maupin's novel Maybe the Moon, which was originally published in 1992.

This is also a musical term for the end of a phrase, giving it either a finished or unfinished sound.