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Cassius?

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QuackQuackQuackQuack · 02/04/2009 19:59

What do you think?

DH and I both like it but are worried about it being shortened to cassy which is quite girly

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lockets · 02/04/2009 22:05

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sweetkitty · 02/04/2009 22:01

Bloody awful name

Lockets - I told DH you had called your DS Cassius and he said what a cool name he is going to grow up really cool the boy everyone will want to know

suwoo · 02/04/2009 21:58

Thanks LTEC. Have you had anymore thoughts on no3?

Sorry, quackquack.

LetThemEatCake · 02/04/2009 21:54

suwoo - that's funny as our ds is Cassian and our dd's name often gets mistaken for Felix! (it's Phoenix)

Love the name Felix though, lovely

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suwoo · 02/04/2009 21:19

I love it but sounds ridiculous with our surname which ends in SS. SOmeone on here suggested Cassian but I had never heard of it before and wondered if it was 'made up'- obviously not . Think we are going with Felix.

BlueBumedFly · 02/04/2009 21:16

Love it! Like Cassian too.

ItsMargotBeauregarde · 02/04/2009 21:10

this is a mumsnet name. There are two I think.

It has grown on me. I prefer Julius or Cassian or Caspar though.

percy2006 · 02/04/2009 21:09

We were going to have this or Cassian for our 5 wk DD both are lovely with Cas as a nn still want a Ds just so I can use it lol!!

bettany · 02/04/2009 20:49

Love it (but prefer Cassian) and Cass is great. The only Cassius I know is shortened to Cass. He looks like a mini Boden model.

loobylu3 · 02/04/2009 20:42

Like it a lot!

LetThemEatCake · 02/04/2009 20:31

it is a lovely name which I considered for ds but then found a meaning for it on t'internet which I did not like. Small thing but put me off a bit.

We ended up going for Cassian.

He never gets called Cassie, sometime Cass, most times Cassiano.

As well as being the name of the fabulous Cassius Clay, it was also the real name of the Big Kahuna in Gidget. His was shortened to Cass. So I totally associate it with a big, hunky, surfer-type.

There is a mners here - think it is Lockets??- who has a ds called Cassius.

Can be pron Kash-us but much nicer as Cass-i-us, I think.

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QuackQuackQuackQuack · 02/04/2009 20:25

Is it pronounced KASH-us?

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Horton · 02/04/2009 20:21

Ah, not the same one then.

I would totally consider this for a future DS if it wasn't for the fact that the one we know is such a close friend.

NorktasticNinja · 02/04/2009 20:16

It's a beautiful name, DP and I have seriously considered it for DC2 but we decided we couldn't live with giving a name with that meaning (empty, vain). 'tis a shame because we do love it

IheartNY · 02/04/2009 20:14

I know a 30 year old Cassian, shorterned to Cas and it suits him perfectly.
Lovely name as is Cassius

changer22 · 02/04/2009 20:13

No, southern England. Not the same one then!

Horton · 02/04/2009 20:11

changer, does yours live in Spain?!

diedandgonetodevon · 02/04/2009 20:08

I love it! Cass is a lovely nn too

changer22 · 02/04/2009 20:07

I know one and he is shortened to Cass too. I think he is 6. I wonder if he is the same one?

Hassled · 02/04/2009 20:03

The most famous Cassius was a nasty piece of work who was one of the main conspirators in the murder of Julius Caesar. So that would be what I would associate the name with.

Although there is Cassius Clay/Mohammad Ali, I suppose.

Horton · 02/04/2009 20:00

Love it. I know a little boy who is Cassius shortened to Cass, which doesn't seem to have caused him any problems so far (he is 6).