Cassius

Where Cassius comes from

Borrowed from Latin Cassius, a Roman name derived from the gens Cassia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cassius
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1810
    Cassius M. Clay born
    American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia
  2. 1844
    Cassius Marcellus Coolidge born
    American artist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #425 among boys with 17 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #848.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Cassius Marcellus Coolidge · American artist, 1844–1934
  • Cassius M. Clay · American planter, politician and ambassador to Russia, 1810–1903
  • Cassius Jackson Keyser · American mathematician and journalist of pronounced philosophical inclinations, 1862–1947
  • Cassius of Narni · Bishop of Narni, 550–558
  • Cassius Baloyi · South African boxer, born 1974

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.