Cass

Where Cass comes from

* As an English surname, from a pet form of Cassandra. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Cais (“descendant of the curly-haired one”), from cas (“curly”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cass
Along the way
  1. 1859
    Cass Gilbert born
    American architect
  2. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #706
    #706 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1882
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1954
    Cass Sunstein born
    American legal scholar, writer, blogger
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Cassandra of medieval origin, later also used for Cassidy, Cassiopeia, and Catherine with its variant forms.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Cassius.
Namesakes
  • Cass Sunstein · American legal scholar, writer, blogger, born 1954
  • Cass Gilbert · American architect, 1859–1934
  • Cass Ballenger · American politician, 1926–2015
  • Cass McCombs · American musician, born 1977
  • Cass Daley · American actress, singer, comedian, 1915–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.