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 [ 3 syll. cas-si-dy, ca-ss-idy ] The girl name Cassidy is also used as a boy name, though it is more popular for girls. It is pronounced KAESahDiy KEY. Cassidy has its origins in the Celtic language and it is used largely in English. The meaning of Cassidy is 'descendant of Caiside, descendant of the curly-haired one'. Derived from gruaig which means 'hair' ; casta which means 'curly'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See Cassidy for more info. Forms of the name include the Irish Caiside, the English Cassadina, the English Casseday, the English Cassi, the English Cassie, and the English Cassity. The short form Cass (English), and the spelling variants Casadee (English), Casidee (English), Casidy (English), Cassadi (English), Cassadie (English), Cassady (English), Cassiddy (English), Cassidee (English), Cassidi (English), Cassidie (English), Kasidy (English), Kassadi (English), Kassidee (English), Kassidi (English), Kassidie (English), and Kassidy (English) are other forms of Cassidy. Cassidy is popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1999, 0.174% of baby girls were named Cassidy. It was #99 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #228 with a usage of 0.072%, and it was the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Cassidy was twice as popular as the 2nd most popular name, the English Kassidy, in 2008. Cassidy has primarily been a girl name in the last century. In 1992, 6 times more girls than boys were given the name Cassidy. Baby names that sound like Cassidy include the English Cassady, the English Cassidi, the English Cassidie, the English Kassadi, the English Kassidi, the English Kassidie, the English Kassidy, the English Casadee, the English Casidee, the English Casidy, the English Cassadi, the English Cassadie, the English Cassiddy, the English Cassidee, the English Cassity, the Spanish Chiquita, the name Cocheta, the Italian Cosetta, the English Kadia, and the English Kadianne. KEY: Pronunciation for Cassidy: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
