Case vs Casey

victoria+james

DH and I have been discussing these names for a little boy. I prefer Case but wouldn't mind if DH used Casey as a NN. DH says that Casey isn't a NN and we would need to use it as a full name and use Case as the NN instead.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around Casey for a boy at all, I always thought of it as a girls name...

What do you think? Which is a better name? Is Casey to girly to be a boys name?

NerdyLucy

I know an equal amount of female and male Caseys.

 To me, Casey seems like the full name while Case would be a nickname.

msmerymac

I would use Casey as the full name. It's definitely unisex, and I prefer it on a boy. 

Lue94

I agree with your husband. Use Casey. No it's not too girly. I think Case is ridiculous. 

CitrusSwallowtail

My best friends 3 yr. old is named Casey. We all call him case a lot as a nickname. I think it's definitely boy and really like it.

Sillygirl85

Use Casey. Case doesn't even seem like a name to me.

strawberrytree

I really like Casey on a boy. Case just doesn't look like a name at all to me.

bumpuser5823822

My SIL is Casey so I have a really hard time seeing this name on a boy. Its too feminine IMO.

Court0026

I don't see how Case is a name at all?  Nickname, sure, but full name?  Casey is nice though.

Justmeluvinlife

I like Case for a full name.  Bold and masculine in my opinion.

caittozer

FN Casey NN Case. I prefer Casey for a boy over a girl.

g8trkim

I know just as many boys named Casey as girls. Case is not a name. I could maybe see it as a nickname.

provwife

Case as a full name is not good...it's not the best nn either but I prefer that over that being a boy's full name. Casey is nms but that has my vote.

Fletch82

I agree with your husband. I think Casey is unisex but I know more males with the name so my first thought is boy

ShinyStuff

Casey. Wtf is case?

thegoodpotato

ShinyStuff:

Casey. Wtf is case?

Luggage. A case is a piece of luggage.  

I'd go with Casey. I like it on a boy.  

ArgyleBride

Casey is my favorite boy name  But I think it is the rare truly unisex name, if that bothers you.  I have never heard of Case as a FN.

 For fun: "Casey at the bat" https://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_case.shtml 

BC&LM

Casey, hands down. Case is what you put your glasses or a musical instrument in. It's okay to call someone named Casey that for a nickname, but it's not a proper name by itself, in my opinion.

xconf143usionx

Casey is just as adorable on a boy as a girl. I personally know more male Caseys than female. I even know a few male Kaseys. Case is cute as a nickname, but as an actual name it reminds me of a court case, or "head case" or as many PPs said, a container.

NL105

I've only ever known Casey to be a girl's name, but I know it goes both ways, just haven't ever met a boy Casey.

And Case? I will never understand that name. Please don't.

alohamora

I agree with pps...go with Casey, Case isn't a name.

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Zimger

I think Casey is the better name.

 

victoria+james

Madisonpenny:

Lue94:

I agree with your husband. Use Casey. No it's not too girly. I think Case is ridiculous. 

 

this.  I'm just hoping your not pronouncing Case like Casey  and using that spelling to be 'different' 

Lol, no its not youneek spelling. I just like very different names.

capulet

I've met younger girls named Casey but have mostly known it as a boy's name.  I knew several boy Caseys growing up.  That's one of those things that dates me to the '70s, I guess.  This is as close to being a truly unisex name these days as far as I can tell.  The SSA site says it's currently more popular for boys, but I wouldn't side-eye on either sex.  Case as a full name, though, I would side-eye the hell out of.

blu-eyedwife

ArgyleBride:

Casey is my favorite boy name  But I think it is the rare truly unisex name, if that bothers you.  I have never heard of Case as a FN.

 For fun: "Casey at the bat" https://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_case.shtml 

Yay!  I was hoping someone would bring this up!  It's the first thing I think of when I hear the name Casey.  

"there is no joy in Mudville, mighty Casey has struck out!"

 

Now I have to find the cartoon and download it for my son's "to watch" list.

lisamoe

I like Casey, way more than Case.

I actually always think "boy" when I hear the name.

CeCe8579

mj.reilly:

Casey, no nickname.I would throw the "case" out the backdoor.

Agreed!

starshineamator

I much prefer Casey, don't like Case at all. For a nn, fine, but definitely not a first. And I don't think of Casey as a girl's name either. 

amberrrjade

SarahW44:

Use Casey. Case doesn't even seem like a name to me.

Yeah, that's just one of those nouns/nns you can't make into a legit name without people side eyeing you constantly.  

xconf143usionx

victoria+james:

Madisonpenny:

Lue94:

I agree with your husband. Use Casey. No it's not too girly. I think Case is ridiculous. 

this.  I'm just hoping your not pronouncing Case like Casey  and using that spelling to be 'different' 

Lol, no its not youneek spelling. I just like very different names.

Please tell me that was meant as a joke and that's not actually how you spell unique...