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 [ 1 syll. cas(s), ca-ss ] The boy name Cass is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KAES KEY. Cass is used predominantly in the English language, and its origin is Celtic, Slavonic, Latin, and Old Persian. Cass is a short form of the name Cassius (English). Cass is also a variant (English) of the name Casimir (English and German). Cass is also a short form of the name Cassidy (English). Cass is also a variant (English) of the name Jasper (Dutch, English, French, and German). Cass is also a pet form of the name Casey (English). Cass is also a short form of the name Cassian (English). Cass is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1904, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Cass. It ranked at #981 then. The baby name has since declined in popularity, and is currently of very light use. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Cass, Casey (English) was the most frequently used. Cass has mostly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Cass include Kass (English), Cace (English), Cai (Scandinavian and Welsh), Caj (Scandinavian), Case (English), Cash (English), Caw (Welsh), Cay (German), Cayce (English), Cayse (English), Chi, Correy (English), Coy (English), Coye, Cus (English), Aukai (Hawaiian), Kace (English), Kaese (English), Kai (Frisian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Welsh), and Kaj (German and Scandinavian). A famous person named Cass is Cass Elliot, Singer, born Ellen Naomi Cohen, 19 September 1941 - 29 July 1974, Baltimore, Maryland. KEY: Pronunciation for Cass: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
