Given name & surname
Cassandra
“an unheeded prophetess”
In Portuguese use, Cassandra has a related form in Kassandra. In English use, Kassandra carries the interpretation “an unheeded prophetess.”
Original Ancient GreekΚασσάνδρα
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Portuguese use, Cassandra has a related form in Kassandra. In English use, Kassandra carries the interpretation “an unheeded prophetess.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cassandra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 171,384
- 376 boys · 171,008 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 7,073 babies
- 2025
- 463
- #631 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 463 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 631 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7,054 in 1990. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (87). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141,760 as a first name in 2020; 195 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cassandra’s family of names
In English usage, Cassandra has a diminutive in Sandy. Cassandra has a related form in Cassie. In English usage, Cassandra has a diminutive in Cassie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cassandra has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Cassandra comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cassandra
- Cassandra WilsonAmerican jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi (1955–2026)
- Cassie ScerboAmerican actress, singer and dancerborn 1990
- Cassandra PetersonAmerican actressborn 1951
- Cassandra Austenamateur English watercolorist and the elder sister of Jane Austen (1773-1845)
- Cassandra FedeleItalian author1465–1558
- Cassandra JeanAmerican actress and modelborn 1985
- Cassandra TateAmerican athleteborn 1990
- Cassie PattenBritish swimmer, Olympic bronze medallistborn 1987
- Cassandra Lee MorrisAmerican voice actressborn 1982
Characters named Cassandra: Cassandra Cain (DC Comics superhero).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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