Cassian
Cassian is a boy name of Latin origin, meaning Of Cassius; an old Roman name.
What Cassian means
Of Cassius; an old Roman name.
Cassian sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Cassian comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Cassian is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Cassian?
Cassian sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Cassian
We group Cassian under the long-established classics. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Classic
Names like Cassian
These share Cassian's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Cassius — Hollow; (later) clever.
- Crispin — Curly-haired.
- Julian — Youthful; devoted to Jupiter.
- Roman — Citizen of Rome; strong.
- Augustine — Great and venerable.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Benedict — Blessed.
- Camila — Perfect, unblemished.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Fabian — Bean grower.
- Francis — Free one; Frenchman.