Cassie/Cassandra

[Notyetamummy]

DH suggested this name yesterday.

I sort of like it but am not sure. I think I have negative associations due to a person that I used to know.

Is there another longer name, other than Cassandra that can be shortened to Cassie?

What does everyone think of Cassie/Cassandra?

Cassiopeia?

Jocasta?

Can't think of any more.

I dont like Cassandra but like Cassie.

I also like Connie, Carrie, Claris (perhaps full name Clarissa).

Cassie is nice but not Cassandra (more likely to be shortened to Sandra).

Cassandra = person always foretelling doom so I wouldn't use it personally.

Cassie I quite like, but not sure what else it could be short for

Do you think it could be short for Cassia?

Is Cassia a name? I like the way that it sounds.

Ka - see - ya?

Don't see why not. After all Cassius is definitely a boy's name so Cassia = perfectly sensible female version.

Other names that I like but DH hates:

Florian nn Florrie
Persephone nn Sephy (per-seph-on-knee)
Aurelia (Or-reel-ee-ya)

Does anyone like any of these. I like names that are a little unusual but toned it down a bit but DH doesn't like any of my toned down names - he likes 'plain' names, so I've thought 'sod it' and am back to my more unusual ones.

What are peoples' thoughts?

Cassia, Florian, Persephone or Aurelia?

Florian is a boy's name I'm pretty sure.

Floriane or Florienne maybe but I'd think you'd made it up.

Persephone = cursed half-goddess who had to marry the king of the underworld and whose mother wept for her every winter. Not really a happy association...

Aurelia is quite nice. "Lia" for short. You might also like Aurora and Allegra?

You appear to be right about Florian being a boys name - I still like it as an idea for a girl though

I really LOVED the Persephone story when I was a child and the name seems to have stuck in my head.

Cassidy?

Cassidy is terrible.

I have a Cassie . She's just Cassie. It's a fab name .

Cassandra/Cassiopeia are just too poncey for us.

I'm a Cassandra always known as Cassie. Nobody's ever shortened it to Sandra... Mostly, people haven't heard of the Greek Myth or the fortune telling connotations.

I wear a name badge at work and am often complimented on having a lovely name. shrugs Just my two cents!

Cassia is a name - I know one.

I love Cassandra and Cassie. I had them on my list but I was a bit put off by the Greek myth/foretelling doom connotations (even though I secretly think it was quite cool that she was always right and no one believed her).

I like the Persephone story too but I'm not sure I like it so much as a name. Sephy sounds pretty though.

I like Cassie as a name in itself. I know a lovely horse called Cassie though so couldn't put it on my shortlist!

I love Cassandra and when I raised it on here everyone said Only Fools and Horses. I don't care, I still love it.

Love it - Only Fools And Horses wouldn't enter my head at all.

In fact, I am a bit of a myth-lover, even of the 'darker' tales so that wouldn't ut me off Persephone or Cassandra.

Would anybody REALLY, when meeting a Persephone think - ooo she must be horrible as she shares the name of the queen of Hades?

Kasia, Cassia? (Same basic name as Keziah)

I love Aurelia.

I like Ariadne and if I didn't hate spiders, I'd quite like Arachne too!

I can't beleive you've mentioned Ariadne BelligerentGhould! I've adored that name for years but every single person that I've mentioned it to says that it's horrible or "Like spiders."!

Cassia is biblical, cassia is some kind of tree (cinnamon?). I know an Aurelia, but her surname is a noun - it always sounds like Are-you-really-a, IYSWIM.

Ariadne is nothing to do with spiders! Wasn't she the one who helped Perseus? Arachne was the one made to weave, yes?