Cassia

Cassia is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Cinnamon; a sweet spice.

What Cassia means

Cinnamon; a sweet spice.

Cassia sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Cassia comes from

Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.

Cassia is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.

How popular is Cassia?

Cassia does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.

The character of Cassia

Cassia sits in our the natural world group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.

Themes: Nature

Names like Cassia

These share Cassia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
• Daphne — The laurel tree.
• Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
• Thalia — To flourish, to bloom.
• Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
• Anthea — Flower; blossom.
• Azalea — The azalea flower.
• Echo — Reflected sound; a mountain nymph.
• Emerald — The green gemstone.
• Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
• Philippa — Lover of horses.
• Tessa — Harvester.

More Greek names

• Cassandra — Shining upon man; a prophetess.
• Castor — The shining one; a bright star.
• Calliope — Beautiful voice; muse of poetry.
• Catherine — Pure.
• Calla — Beautiful; the calla lily.
• Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
• Calix — Very handsome.
• Cleo — Glory; pride.
• Berenice — Bringer of victory.
• Cora — Maiden.