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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Persian : Keeper of the treasure
  • Latin : Vain
  • German : Standout among men

How Popular Is The Name Cass

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the medieval female personal name Cass, a short form of Cassandra. This was the name (of uncertain, possibly non-Greek, origin) of an ill-fated Trojan prophetess of classical legend, condemned to foretell the future but never be believed; her story was well known and widely popular in medieval England.

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