Girl · Greek, through English
Cassie
Say it: KASS-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Cassandra, a Greek name of uncertain meaning, or of Catherine.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used as a formal name in the US mainly from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 46,092 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1982, about 1 in 772 girls
- 180 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Cassi, Kassie
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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