Girl · Greek
Cassandra
Say it: kuh-SAN-druh
Meaning
Uncertain. Sometimes linked to kekasmai 'to excel' with anēr 'man', but this is a guess.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Known in England from medieval Troy romances and used since then, most popular in the US around 1990.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 169,020 babies given this name since 1902
- At its height in 1990, about 1 in 269 girls
- 439 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kassandra, Casandra, Cassandre
| Greek | Kassandra |
|---|---|
| Italian | Cassandra |
| Spanish | Casandra |
| French | Cassandre |
Famous bearers
- Cassandra, Trojan prophetess in Greek myth
- Cassandra Austen, sister of Jane Austen
- Cassandra Fedele, Venetian humanist scholar
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Medieval European charters and records
- Parish baptism registers
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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