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 [ 2 syll. ca-sey, cas-ey ] The boy name Casey is also used, but less commonly, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KEYSiy KEY. Casey is used chiefly in the English language, and it is derived from Celtic and Slavonic origins. From Celtic and Slavonic roots, its meaning is descendant of Cathasaigh, descendant of the vigilant one. From the element 'cathasaigh' which means vigilant, wakeful. The first name is fom an Irish family name Ó Cathasaigh meaning 'descendant of Cathasaigh' or 'descendant of the vigilant one'. In the USA, it was originally bestowed in honor of the railroad engineer Casey Jones (1863-1900) who sacrificed himself to save many others and was thereafter immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend; Casey was his nickname from his birthplace Cayce, Kentucky. The first name could also be derived from the initials K.C., particularly in the UK. Cace (English), Case (English), Casen (English), Kace (English), Kase (English), and KC (English) are variants of Casey. In addition, Casey is a pet form of the name Casimir (English and German) in the English language. Other forms of Casey include the pet form Cass (English), and the variant spellings Cacey (English), Casy (English), Cayce (English), Kacey (English), Kasey (English), and Kasy (English). Casey is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1940s up to the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1988, 0.202% of baby boys were given the name Casey. It ranked at #83 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.045% and its ranking #336, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2008, 4 times more boys were named Casey than the next ranked name, Kasey (English). There were times from 1995 to 1998 when more girls than boys were named Casey, but currently it is more often than not a boy name. In 2007, the name Casey was given to 33% more boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Casey include Kacey (English), Cacey (English), Cachi (Spanish), Caio (Italian and Welsh), Casca (English), Cashi (Spanish), Cassie (English), Casy (English), Cayo (Spanish), Chioke (Igbo), Cochise (Apache), Kaga, Kahua (Hawaiian), Kaihe (Hawaiian), Kaiya (English), Kasey (English), Kasi (Indian), Kasia (English), Kasy (English), and Kawa (Apache). Details of famous persons named Casey: KEY: Pronunciation for Casey: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
