Cas
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning a form of Cassandra or Cassius.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Cas by the numbers
Cas was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1915, making it a 1910s name.
Other names that come from Cassandra
Like Cas, each of these traces back to Cassandra: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Cassandrashe who entangles men496 in the US (2017)
- Kassandrashe who entangles men; form of Cassandra297 in the US (2017)
- Casandraa variant of Cassandra; she who entangles men24 in the US (2017)
- Kasandrashe who entangles men; form of Cassandra23 in the US (2017)
- Lissandradefender of men; a form of Cassandra12 in the US (2017)
- Cassia form of Cassandra or Cassidy8 in the US (2017)
- Cassyshe who does not listen; diminutive of Cassandra6 in the US (2017)
- Cassondraone who entangles men; a form of Cassandra
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cas. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Calbald; a form of Caleb or Calvin157 in the US (2017)
- Camcrooked; from Scottish cam or diminutive of Cameron107 in the US (2017)
- Cairejoice or celebrate52 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cassshe who entangles men; form of Cassandra29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cansoul or spirit6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cash1,270 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Cas
Names that are said the same way as Cas, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.