Entry № 1793 · Greek origin

Cassandra Cassandra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-SAND-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Shining upon men, prophetess"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "shining upon men, prophetess".

Cassandra comes from the Greek Kassandra (Κασσάνδρα), traditionally interpreted as "she who shines upon men" or "shining over men." In Greek mythology, Cassandra was the Trojan princess gifted with prophecy by Apollo but cursed never to be believed — she foresaw the fall of Troy but no one listened.

Cassandra peaked at #65 in 1990 and has been declining since. Today it sits in the U.S. top 500.

The prophetess of Troy. The woman who told the truth and was never believed.

The name in its native script.

Κασσάνδρα
Transliteration
Kassándra
Pronunciation
/ kəˈsæn.drə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cassandra stands.

Cassandra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Cassandras before her.

Real people
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer.
born 1955
In fiction
Cassandra
Trojan princess and prophetess in Greek mythology.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Cassandra.

The number behind Cassandra.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Cassandra reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.