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Cassie - yay or nay?

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ceebee74 · 12/04/2008 16:47

I have fallen in love with it as it is different (I don't know any Cassie's at all) but pretty.

What do you think?

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solo · 15/04/2008 11:37

Nay, I don't like it. Knew a smelly Cassie as a kid, probably why...

thelittlestbadger · 15/04/2008 11:26

My Dsis is cassie but short for Caroline - she chose it herself when she was about 4 and it is still lovely now she is 26. She tends now to be Cass at home but is Carolita at work (teaches English in South America) so certainly doesn't have to be short for Cassandra!

MrsMattie · 15/04/2008 11:22

Cassie is sweet but unfortunately when I hear the name Cassandra I think of the way Rodney Trotter says it...

Slouchy · 14/04/2008 16:55

OOh, I'm the mner moomin mentioned with the dd called Cassie. her barrister name is Catherine so she has lots of options. We started with Cassie, but like some posters have said cassandra was just too Fools and Horses (Cassarndrer!) for us, so went with Catherine instead.

Still love it.

rolledhedgehog · 14/04/2008 15:57

Cassie is my sister's name. Well Cassandra but no one calls her that.

She was always the only one at school and aged 37 as she is now it is still unusual.

I think she got the better name by far!! Mine became very common (in its worst sense!).

CristinaTheAstonishing · 13/04/2008 16:28

My DH vetoed Ruxandra and Raluca. Luminita is my sister's name. Are you Romanian, MrsSch?

MrsSchadenfreude · 13/04/2008 16:22

Kasia (pronounced "Kasha") is short for Katarzyna (Catherine) in Polish. Wanted that for DD1 but DH vetoed. He also vetoed Ruxandra and Luminita.

StealthPolarBear · 13/04/2008 10:13

Unusual - I like it!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 13/04/2008 10:04

Kasia is Polish, isn't it? I don't know if it's short for sthg in Polish.

Twinkie1 · 13/04/2008 10:03

And I can't think of Cassandra without thinking of Rodney's wet wife in Only Fools & Horses!

Tha was her name wasn't it?

scorpio1 · 13/04/2008 10:03

i know a Cassia bit nicer than Cassie IMO

Twinkie1 · 13/04/2008 10:02

It was my friends horses name so I always associate it with hoses!

CristinaTheAstonishing · 13/04/2008 09:54

One of the posters on here is a Cassie. And v nice too IRL. Nice name.

Alishanty · 13/04/2008 09:43

I went to school with a Cassie, I always quite liked the name when I was at school.

annemarie29 · 12/04/2008 21:52

ceebee, we thought about using the long version on dds birth certificate but we really didn't like cassandra. everyone who's heard her name so far has said it's very pretty.

berolina · 12/04/2008 21:51

I'll go against the grain and admit I don't like it, sorry. But 'tis up to you, of course

Flynnie · 12/04/2008 21:48

Love it as its my dds name, short for Cassidy.

DrNortherner · 12/04/2008 21:35

I went top school with a Cassie and she was lovley. Her real name was Catherine though.

Cassandra reminds me too much of Only fools and horses.

itisme · 12/04/2008 21:33

like it but don't like cassandra

don't think you need the long version though if you're only ever going to use short one.

if you call her cassie that's who she'll be and i doubt she would lengthen it. there's always deed pole if ashe really didn't like it

Moomin · 12/04/2008 21:12

another MN has a dd called Cassie but it's short for Catherine

hippipotami · 12/04/2008 21:11

Absolutely love it!!

moocat · 12/04/2008 21:08

I love it.

bluenosesaint · 12/04/2008 21:01

Yes, we registered her with the shortened version. We really really didn't like any longer, more formal versions so didn't bother with them.

We love her name and were never going to call her anything else, although it was always at the back of my mind that maybe she would need a more formal name at some point. Our compromise was to give her a formal, traditional middle name (Elizabeth) so that she could use that if she ever wanted or felt she needed to

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ceebee74 · 12/04/2008 19:55

Bluenose - did you actually register your DD with the shortened version?

Am thinking of definitely doing that as MIL insists on calling DS by his full name even though we never ever use it - at least by registering the shortened version, that will stop her doing that.

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bluenosesaint · 12/04/2008 19:38

I think its a beautiful name, but the only thing that matters is if you like it

If you don't like Cassandra then don't use it. We did the same with dd2 as in we didn't like the formal version of the name so therefore we didn't use it. We compromised by giving dd a formal more traditional middle name.

Good luck

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