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Cassia??? Other similar girls names help please

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milkhoarder · 07/07/2025 20:30

DH is obsessed with the came Cassia. What does everyone else think? We had Cassius on our middle names list for DS2 (not brave/cool enough for it as a first name). He has a very specific taste in names which has made naming our boys very difficult, but we are finding naming a girl even harder. I don't think I have a 'style' I just like what I like, I think.

He also likes Cordelia, Maxima and Valeria. I don't hate any of them but they sound a bit pretentious and I'd worry about the judgement of others honestly - we don't live in a particularly 'cool' or affluent area where people use all sorts of unusual names. Children in our son's school are mostly Amelia, Harper, Olivia, Grace, Millie/Lily/Tilly, Oliver, Isaac, Harrison, Harry, Jack, etc.

I like June and Maggie (maybe Magdalena? DH would never go for just Maggie or Margaret). I can't seem to really like any others, which is unhelpful.

Boys names we liked were Magnus, Raphael, Victor, Conrad, Oswin, Bram, Laurence, Leander, Cassius, Aurelius. DH also fought hard for Casimir. I liked Asa.

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JillyGiraffe · 08/07/2025 06:52

Such a lovely response above!

LucasBuck · 07/07/2025 22:48

Well almost all your choices, boy or girl (apart from perhaps Maggie if used as a given name rather than Magdalene/Magdalena) are very different from the style of names at your DC’s school so you/they would have to accept that. I still really like a lot of them though- especially Bram and Asa on your boys list and Cassia.

Pretentiousness is in the eye of the beholder but it does seem to mostly be said about longer/multi-syllable, Classical or literary origin names. And although it does have links to Classical Cassius, I think Cassia is often seen more as a nature name like Willow, Ivy or Hazel (or I guess Juniper, Bryony or Jessamine since Cassia is a rarer name like those). Having said all that though, names like Ophelia and Aurora are now Top 100 and others like Aurelia are hovering just outside it - so really how are your choices like Cordelia or Cassia that different imo?

And I don’t think “cheap cinnamon” - I think pretty tree with lovely pink or yellow flowers (there are several varieties). I also think it’s a pretty, elegant sounding name and a nice mix of the commonplace (nn Cassie is more widely used and Cassia fits in style with all the common -ia names like Sophia etc) and less well known.

I personally tend to be drawn to slightly more traditional/classic and well known names along the lines of Juliet, Claudia, Antonia etc (I don’t care about how popular a name is as such, as long as it has a steady history of use and isn’t trendy) but I still think Cassia is lovely.

Anna20MFG · 07/07/2025 22:43

I love Cassia. It sounds like he likes names with a Roman root, would possibly go classical in general. What about these (yes, I do know all the stories behind all of them but that wouldn't put me off!)

Artemis
Ariadne
Iris
Juno
Athene or Athena
Minerva
Damaris

I think Calista and Aurora have already been suggested. Clara, Cleo, Stella, Hester, Helen or Helena, Georgia or Georgina.

Wigtopia · 07/07/2025 22:39

milkhoarder · 07/07/2025 20:51

YES IT IS. DH has never heard of it so doesn't think anyone else will have either so I'm so glad someone mentioned it!

I think DH will like Saskia and I quite like it too. I think the rest may be a bit too normal for him but I will suggest!

The other thing about a cassia tree is that it is also known as a “golden shower tree” which doesn’t conjure up such great images 😱

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 07/07/2025 22:37

Partystreamers · 07/07/2025 22:33

It's cinnamon bark. But I guess lots are named after plants.

I think its use as a name is probably more as a feminine of Cassius - a Roman family name - like Augusta, Julia etc

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 07/07/2025 22:35

I love Cassia, and Cassie as a nn

Cassius and Caspar are very popular (although I prefer Cassian to either) - so
if certainly doesn’t read as very out there - very much in the same league as Saskia (and is a bloody sight better than the ghastly Harper)

Partystreamers · 07/07/2025 22:33

It's cinnamon bark. But I guess lots are named after plants.

MollyButton · 07/07/2025 22:21

My 20 year old had a Cassia in her class.

NazeLife · 07/07/2025 22:18

Cressida

Mumofgirls2017 · 07/07/2025 22:17

I love cassia. But if you want other ideas…

daphne
eloise
romilly
seraphina
cosima
jemima
henrietta
elodie
dorothea
tallulah
juliet

Thewalrusandthecarpenter · 07/07/2025 21:18

I like Cassia - I have a Miranda and my cat was Cordelia. I also liked Hebe, Octavia, Artemis, Ianthe, Adelaide.

Firsttimebabymummy · 07/07/2025 21:15

I really like Cassia (my favourite from what you've mentioned) and think Cassia June would be cool (CJ or Cassie nn!).

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Moreteaandchocolate · 07/07/2025 21:13

Cassia is quite nice.

I like pp suggestion of Saskia.

Ideas

Thalia
Arwen
Elara
Althea
Chiara
Soraya
Estella
Amalia
Lorelei
Leonie
Amara
Priya
Elvira

TuesdaysAreBest · 07/07/2025 20:58

I knew a Cassia. She was very beautiful!

justmadabouttheboy · 07/07/2025 20:55

Callista? Can also just have one l.

ClimbingMountKilimounjaro · 07/07/2025 20:55

I like Cassia, it’s really pretty and I don’t think of it as pretentious at all.

Other suggestions that you might find similar in style,
Victoria
Larissa
Juliana
Magenta
Leonora
Aurelia
Augusta
Ophelia
Valentina
Claudia
Cecilia
Rowena
Anastasia

puddingandsun · 07/07/2025 20:53

You can suggest Juniper and call her June or Marigold (Goldie/Maggie).

How about Rory (short for Lorelai, Aurora, or Gloria)

May be Victoria?

Cassia sounds like a plant to me.

CoffeeBeansGalore · 07/07/2025 20:52

I like Cassia.

Camelia
Verona
Viola
Sienna
Marianne
Margo

BootballJoy · 07/07/2025 20:51

Calliope nickname Callie is nice
I quite like Cassia but much prefer Cassie (as a nickname for Cassandra maybe?)

Other ideas:

Juniper (then you could have June as the nickname)
Seraphina (Sephie)
Persephone (Percy, Sephie)
Gabriella
Henrietta (Hettie)
Katerina (Kitty)
Francesca (Frankie)
Marianna
Lucinda (Lucy)
Madeleine (Maddie)
Adelaide (Addie)
Leonora (Leo)
Theodora (Teddie, Dora)
Elizabeth (Betty)
Julia
Lydia
Claudia
Philippa (Pippa)
Delphina
Silvana
Esmeralda
Dorothea (Dot)
Georgiana (Georgie)
Ygraine (Iggy)

milkhoarder · 07/07/2025 20:51

minipie · 07/07/2025 20:44

Cassia is that cheaper cinnamon substitute isn’t it?

Agree Saskia could be a better alternative. There’s also Cassandra if you want Cassie nn but it has tragic associations.

If he likes classical sounding names then Phoebe, Chloe, Daphne, Diana, Julia, Livia, Cecilia, Aurora?

YES IT IS. DH has never heard of it so doesn't think anyone else will have either so I'm so glad someone mentioned it!

I think DH will like Saskia and I quite like it too. I think the rest may be a bit too normal for him but I will suggest!

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JWR · 07/07/2025 20:45

Kezia ?

ImAPreMadonna · 07/07/2025 20:45

Penelope
Seraphine
Madeleine

I LOVE Cassia

minipie · 07/07/2025 20:44

Cassia is that cheaper cinnamon substitute isn’t it?

Agree Saskia could be a better alternative. There’s also Cassandra if you want Cassie nn but it has tragic associations.

If he likes classical sounding names then Phoebe, Chloe, Daphne, Diana, Julia, Livia, Cecilia, Aurora?

Sesame2011 · 07/07/2025 20:44

My friends 2 year old is Cassia, it's a great name 😊