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Oooh, I can't stand Jade. I don't know about dated--it feels very "now" to me, particularly as a middle name--but I do think it's trashy. For some reason, Jade doesn't really register with me as a gem name. When I hear the it, I think first of the disreputable woman definition, then of the adjective "jaded," and only after that do I think of the pretty green stone. For me, the negative associations far outweigh the positive.

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I only know one Jade (as a fn), and I don't know her well. I think she's in the 7-9 range, definitely no more than 10. I see it far more often as a middle name.