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(26 Posts)Cassandra... Any thoughts please?
( I keep thinking of Cassandra in ‘Only Fools & Horses’😳)
I like it but Cassie just sounds too like Gassy to me and makes the sound of the name unpleasant to me.
All the Cassandras I know have ended up being called Cassie even if they didn’t want to be
I wouldn’t choose in case no one ever believed her warnings
But it’s classic and pretty, and Cassie is a cute NN. And I love that it’s so rarely used without trying hard to be original. So overall, thumbs up
It's ok. Not my choice but it's an old, old name and I know one who is really nice.
Cass, Cassie, Sandy...
I actually like it. It sounds very classy.
I like it but it often gets shortened to Sandra / Cass etc.
Sounds fine to me.
It's your niece's name, so I'd suggest you like it.
I like it, but prefer it shortened to Cass.
SiL not chosen final name, but this looks likely one. I didn’t know it was an old old name!
Awful.
Cassie would be ok as a stand alone name but no to Cassandra.
Sounds dated too. Early 90s.
Nice, but too doom-laden for me personally.
I like Cassie for short.
I like it, normal name, Great mythology
I hate it but I love Cassia
Not a fan at all, very old fashioned
I knew a little girl-
Cassandra Suzanne-
I thought it was pretty.
Cassia is nicer.
OP Here's the story of the famous ancient Cassandra. It's at least 2500 years old. She was a princess and a foreteller of the future. Alas, no-one believed her. Her story shows one form of female power, but is not particularly happy.
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=cassandra-bio-1
Dated and not a nice name
Dislike it but like Cassia
I like it a lot. Ancient Greek. Lot of history and culture and myth behind it.
I like it, although prefer Cassidy personally.
I think it's a decent, classical name which had not been not too overused. I wouldn't rave about it, but there's nothing I'd think detrimental about it either.
Cassia? Why would anyone call their child after a plant known for its laxative properties. BIt like calling her Exlax.
Love it, but I do adore the old Grecian names.
It sounds like a good name for a psychic, because of how in Greek mythology Cassandra is a prophetess. Reminds me of a children's TV programme in the 1980s called The Haunting Of Cassandra Palmer; the character called that was the daughter of a medium and dreamed of being a world famous medium when she grew up.
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