THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Cass
Cass is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Cassandra Ponti. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
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”).
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.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra). The figurative noun sense named after Trojan princess Cassandra.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Cass
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Cassandra Ponti
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Cassandra Ponti
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Cass in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Cass
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cain·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cal♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cane·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cara♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Caris·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Carl♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cary♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Casan·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Cass?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Cass further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q3661893 — Cass (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Cassandra Ponti (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3661893 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cass (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cass (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.