Given name
Rassie
“one who is dearly loved”
Rassie is a short form of Erasmus. One Greek interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rassie is a short form of Erasmus. One Greek interpretation is “one who is dearly loved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rassie is a short form of Erasmus. An origin associated with Erasmus is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Afrikaans usage, Rassie is a short form of Erasmus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rassie is a short form of Erasmus. The history of Erasmus gives this family its wider story. Erasmus’s Christian associations include Saint Erasmus, a bishop of Formiae in Campania, martyred under Diocletian.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rassie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 20 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 5 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 1942. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rassie’s family of names
In Afrikaans usage, Rassie is a short form of Erasmus.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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