Given name & surname
Cassien
“one who is empty; hollow; vain”
Cassien is a variant of Cassius. One Latin interpretation is “one who is empty; hollow; vain.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cassien is a variant of Cassius. One Latin interpretation is “one who is empty; hollow; vain.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cassien is a variant of Cassius. An origin associated with Cassius is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cassien through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,368 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,368 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2019.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cassien’s family of names
Cassien has a related form in Cassius. In French usage, Cassien has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cassian. In French usage, Cassien has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form CASSIANO.
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Around the world
Cassien has relatives in 6 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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