What does Casey mean?

Casey means "descendant of Cathasaigh"

How do we pronounce Casey?

Casey \ca-sey, cas-ey\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Casey is also used as a boy name meaning, and more commonly so. It is pronounced KEY-Siy- 1.

1 Pronunciation for Casey: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Casey?

Casey's origin is Old Greek, Celtic, and Latin, and its use, English. From Celtic roots, its meaning is 'descendant of Cathasaigh, descendant of the vigilant one'. Derived from the word cathasaigh with the meaning 'vigilant, wakeful'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See meaning of Casey for more info. In addition, Casey is a familiar form (English) of the English and Greek name Acacia origin. Casey is also a familiar form (English) of the English and German Cassandra definition. Casey is also a familiar form of the English name Cassia meaning. Casey is a widely used name; it has 51 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Cacee name, Cacie name, Caecey meaning and origin, Caicey name variations, Cascy name, Casea definition, name Casee meaning, Casen name variations, Casi name, nicknames for Casse, nicknames for Cassee, name Cassey meaning, baby name Casy, Cayce pronounciation, Caycee name, Caycie name variations, Cayse name, baby name Caysea, what does the name Caysee mean, Caysey meaning and origin, Caysy name variations, baby name Cazzi, name Kasci meaning, Kayce name, and Kayse meaning and origin. Other English forms include the familiar forms baby name Cass (used in Greek as well) and meaning of Kace, and the spelling variants Cacey meaning, Caci pronounciation, name Cacy origin, name Casie, what does the name Cassye mean, Cayci meaning and origin, Caysie meaning of name, Kacee definition, Kacey meaning, Kaci name, Kacie meaning, Kacy name, Kacye definition, Kaissie meaning, meaning of Kasee, Kasey meaning, Kasi meaning of name, name Kasie meaning, what does the name Kaycee mean, name Kayci, Kaycie meaning of name, name Kaysee, and what does the name Kaysie mean. The Greek name Cacia origin is a form of Casey that is used in foreign languages. Casey is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the height of its usage in 1987, 0.191% of baby girls were named Casey. It was #81 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #602 with a usage of 0.025%, was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after Cassandra meaning and origin, within all girl names in its family. The name was twice as popular as Casey in 2010. Although there were times from 1995 to 1998 that Casey was more popular with girls, today it is used more commonly as a boy name. In 2009, 37% more boys than girls were given the name Casey.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Casey:

the English name Cacy, the name what does the name Caisee mean, the name Caisey meaning, the name Caisi meaning of name, the name nicknames for Caisy, the name short names for Casee, the English Casi name variations, the English Casie pronounciation, the name meaning of Caycee, the English Cayci meaning and origin, the name name Caycie origin, the English Caysie meaning, the name name Caysy origin, the English K.C. meaning, the English Kacee pronounciation, the English Kacey name variations, the English Kaci definition, the English short names for Kacie, the English short names for Kacy, and the English baby name Kacye.

The baby name Casey fun facts:

The name Casey in reverse order is "Yesac".

The numerological value of the name Casey is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Casey?

Casey is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.02%
20130.02%
20120.02%
20110.03%
20100.03%
20090.03%
20080.04%
20070.04%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames