Boys name Cassius

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Hello,

we are both really like the name Cassius for a boy but wondering if it is a bit chavvy??

Thoughts and opinions on the name Cassius be much appreciated?

Thanks x

I don't like the term "Chavy" but no I wouldn't think if it that way.

The name Cassius does always make me think "Brutus and ... " though. (sorry)

I really like it!

I'd say it's more posh than chavvy. Always makes me think of that shakespeare quote 'yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look, he thinks too much. Such men are dangerous'

Makes me think of Cassius Clay.

It's fabulous, and the last thing it is is chavvy.

Love it

Really love it

It depends on the age group - my mind links it to Cassius Clay, a boxer, who became Muhammed Ali 😀

It does seem rather 'trendy' but not particularly "chavvy", no.

Love it. I love cash for short.

This name was mentioned on a different thread a short while ago.

Points that came up there:

Cassius (of Roman history/Shakespeare) was one of the great betrayers of all time. A famous general, however, and a wily politician. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Cassius_Longinus

Boxer Muhammad Ali rejected the name Cassius Clay. It is said that he called it 'a slave name'. www.independent.co.uk/news/people/muhammad-ali-death-cassius-clay-why-did-he-change-his-name-nation-of-islam-a7065256.html In the past, in the southern states of the USA, slave owners ironically - and cruelly - often gave Black slaves grand-sounding names from Greek and Roman history: an earlier Cassius Clay was a famous anti-slavery campaigner en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_(politician)

For many people, presumably including Muhammad Ali, Greek and Roman names, such as Cassius, remained a symbol of an oppressed past long after slavery was abolished. For others, they became rathr more aspirational - a link to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome.

I don't think Cassius is particularly classy or otherwise. Instead, I think of it as a name with a LOT of associations.

I don't like it at all, sorry.

I want it for DS2 but my partner said it was better suited for a dog.
I personally love it but after the recent (ish) death of Muhammad Ali I would avoid it for a bit.
Bit like all the kids being called bloody Bowie now.

FWIW, lots of African Americans (particularly members of the Nation of Islam) renounced their "slave names", which includes basically every English name you can think of used in the last 200-300 years. It just so happens that this one was famous and spoke about it publicly, in addition to his name being less common. Doesn't mean Cassius in particular is a "slave name" any more than Robert or John was to those African Americans previously known as Robert or John.

Great name! It is DS1's middle name. Has to be pronounced Cass-ee-us in my opinion rather than Cash-us which is horrible.

I know one, not chavvy!

I'm not a big fan of it in general though

Not keen, but not chavvy either.
Caspar.

I don't think it's chavvy. If I was forced to make a judgement I'd think the parents were wannabe hipsters rather than chavs. I quite like it but wouldn't use it myself.

My dh wanted it for dc2. I wasn't brave enough.

It's certainly not chavvy.

Love it. Not chavvy. I'd use cass for nn.

Like it.

I love it and would use it as Cass.

I am old enough to think of Cassius Clay. I like Darius and Marius more.

Not “chavvy” with that spelling- more the opposite (Kassius however might be considered more downmarket). It’s one of those Ancient Roman names like Augustus, Lucius etc that until they became more popular/better known over the last decade or so, would have been considered a bit UC or “posh” (as longer names such as Octavian are often still considered so by some people).

Cassius is fine - I personally slightly prefer the sound of trendier Cassian or even more so, the literary/nature name Caspian but I can’t see anything wrong with Cassius.