# Cassander (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cassander/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “to shine”, “excel over”, “man”, “one who excels over man.” |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈsæn.də(ɹ)/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 24 (80% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κάσσανδρος (Kássandros), from κέκασμαι (kékasmai, “to shine; excel over”) and ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”). In turn, the name means "one who excels over man."

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | 6,691 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,347 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7,393 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,386 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 11,180 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Касандър
- Catalan: Cassandre
- French: Cassandre
- Italian: Cassandro
- Portuguese: Cassandro
- Spanish: Casandro

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.