Cassia or Cassie on bc?

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We love Cassie for a girl but I can’t stand Cassandra or Cassiopoiea (just find them very fussy) and think it’s a bit much with dd4’s name (Margot). So we’re left with either Cassia on bc with nn Cassie or just Cassie. Opinions?

I'd say just Cassie.

Cassie on its own is fine, but I personally think Cassia is a beautiful name (far nicer than Cassandra) and would be a nice option for her to use later on if she chooses.

Both are lovely but I'd probably but Cassia on the birth cert as it is so gorgeous, as well as being totally usable. I agree with you that Cassiopoiea is way too fussy. Imagine shouting that across the Tesco aisles.

How would you pronounce it? Presumably like Cassi-a? The only Cassia I’ve met was pronounced Casha so be aware that people might muddle it up but otherwise it’s a really lovely name!

Cassia.

If she will be known as Cassie, just name her Cassie on the birth certificate. Saves so much explaining etc. I have a Harry who is Harry on the bc. Easy peasy.

Cassia is lovely and also gives her a choice of names she can use when she’s older.
I could see a teenager might prefer Cassie (also lovely) but Cassia is a bit more unusual and might suit her!

Love both!! I think Cassie is fine on its own x

How about Cassidy? Nn Cassie

I love Cassia!

Cassie x

I think we’re going to go for Cassia on the bc- you’re all right in that it gives her a choice and it is also a very elegant, beautiful name (in my opinion)

Cassie Star - (or Smith or whatever) very nice, girl next door.
But Dr Cassia Star/Smith has a certain ring to it. Also Cassia Smith QC...
Yeah, yeah I know it sounds snobbish but there’s a grain of truth in it too.
As for the pronunciation, Casha sounds as if it’s the US way, like Aleesha for Alicia (Ali-si-a on this side of the pond, with the first ‘i’ short rather than long ). Similarly, I think most people would say Cass-e-a here.

I think you would get equal division between people pronouncing it cash-a and cass-ee-a.

Really? It never even occurred to me that it would be pro uou fed Cash-a. I don’t think it’s too much of a problem- people would remember after being corrected once

Actually I've just remembered that one of Boris Johnson's daughters is called Cassia. But she may be a lovely person.

Pro ou fed?? *pronounced

There's the French name Cassiane which is really pretty.

Definitely Cassia 😍

Cassia is beautiful.

My name is very similar to cassia, and I get both the cass-ee-ah and cash-uh pronunciations. I think you'd get Cash-uh a fair bit in the uk as Kasia is a popular polish nickname and is pronounced that way.

Cassia.

I have grown to really like this name, the more I hear it (on here - never heard it IRL).

Love Cassia so much. It was DC3s name if she was a girl. He was a boy though

Cassie is lovely

I have a Cassia and it's never been pronounced "Casha" by anyone. It can easily adapt to the nickname Cassie.