What is the correct pronunciation of Cassius

[flopsy1974]

Really like this name, but unsure of the correct pronunciation. I'm sure someone out there will enlighten me.

Kass-ee-uss with an accent on the first syllable.

(Bemused how you can like a name if you're not sure how to pronounce it, I confess...)

cass ee us or cash us

Both correct.

KASS-ee-uss

How else would you think it was pronounced?

Oh x posts turtles.

Would never have thought cash-us.

I suspect the phonetic pron. is more popular but I have met a couple of children using the cash us version. I think it depends on whether you're intending to use the nn cas or cash.

Cass ee us. Any other pronounciation is wrong.

How can you like a name if you don't iknow what it sounds like?

Cashus is a fairly old and correct pronunciation seeker. Some sites will tell you it's the only pronunciation in fact. But they're both absolutely fine as pronunciations.

I'd read somewhere that the correct pronunciation was Cash-us. Not so keen on that though.
But if it's pronounced Cass-ee-us. I love it.
Hope that makes sense.

CASS-ee-us.

Here's a song called Cassius - so you can hear how it's pronounced :)

Lovely name, by the way

flopsy, I think the cashus pronunciation comes from the Roman word cassus (believed to be the origin of the name) and the pronunciation would have been cashus first. But cass-ee-us is fine if you prefer that. People will go for that anyway if unsure. It's a brill name both ways imo. I considered it (pg with a boy) but dh wasn't keen.

Have a girl next and ask on here how to pronounce Esme. It gets ugly.

The boxer Mohammed Ali was born Cassius Clay and was always pronounced Cass-ee-us.

I think it's like Lucian/Lucien- it can be either way, both equally valid.

Yes, I think Cashus tends to be the American pronounciation. A bit like Marcia being Marsha or Mar-cee-uh.

in america it tends to be pronounced "cashis" in uk "cass-ee-us".
nickname "cass"

love that name!