61%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Roman Mythology Pronounced Pron. /ˈkar.de.a/(Latin) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Latin cardo meaning "hinge, axis". This was the name of the Roman goddess of thresholds, door pivots, and change. People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class strong refined strange complex Categories boundaries, change, deities, goddesses, mythology, tools