Kadek

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Balinese (Indonesia)

Meaning

a Balinese birth-order name given to the second-born child in a family, part of the traditional Balinese naming system that identifies children primarily by their position in the sibling sequence rather than by individual given names; the four birth-order names — Wayan or Putu (first), Kadek or Made (second), Nyoman or Komang (third), and Ketut (fourth) — are used by Balinese Hindus across all social castes and are among the most distinctive features of Balinese naming culture; a child named Kadek is immediately identifiable as a second child within the Balinese community, and the name connects them to the ancient Hindu-Balinese civilisation that has maintained its distinctive religious and artistic traditions for over a thousand years

Gender

unisex