Given name & surname · also Indian
Kasi
“from the holy city; shining”
Kasi is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “from the holy city; shining.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “from the holy city; shining.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
The name draws on Sanskrit kasi, meaning “shining”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kasi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,341
- 61 boys · 2,280 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 114 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,311 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,311 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,292 as a first name in 2020; 323 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.
Kasi’s family of names
In Alemannic German usage, Kasi is a diminutive of Kasimir. Kasi has a related form in Kasey. Kasi has a related form in Kacey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kasi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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