Given name & surname
Kass
“an unheeded prophetess”·“resembling a blackbird”
In English use, Kass is a diminutive of Kassandra. In English use, Kassandra carries the interpretation “an unheeded prophetess.” Kass is a variant of Kasch. One German interpretation is “resembling a blackbird.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Kass is a diminutive of Kassandra. In English use, Kassandra carries the interpretation “an unheeded prophetess.” Kass is a variant of Kasch. One German interpretation is “resembling a blackbird.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kass is a variant of Kasch. An origin associated with Kasch is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Kass is a diminutive of Kassandra.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kass through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 70 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 299 as a first name in 2020; 3,427 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.
Kass’s family of names
In English usage, Kass is a diminutive of Kassandra. Kass has a related form in Kasch. In Greek usage, Kass as a surname is a transliteration of Κασς.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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