At a Glance: Name: Cassandra – Origin: Greek – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: kuh-SAN-drah
Cassandra is a Greek girl's name. It appears in 21 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Cassandra
Origin: Greek.
A common claim: Cassandra is popularly glossed as meaning 'she who shines upon man.' Actually: That's just one of several competing, unresolved scholarly readings (another being 'entangler of men'), not a confirmed meaning.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Cassandra
Phonetic: kuh-SAN-drah IPA: /kəˈsændrə/
Popularity of Cassandra
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1902–2024.
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