Casaundra
Feminine
Casaundra puts an extra vowel into a very old name, and the effect is worth noticing: the spelling looks antique rather than modern, which is the opposite of what most respellings achieve.
How old is the name Casaundra?
Casaundra first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Casaundra alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 700 people named Casaundra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Casaundra most popular?
Casaundra peaked in 1989, reaching #2194 nationally. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Casaundra
Most American respellings signal newness: a k for a c, a y for an i, a doubled letter at the end. This one does something rarer. Inserting a u after an a produces a letter pair that English associates with Latin and with old documents, because au sits in words that came in early and stayed formal: cause, laud, fraud, applaud. The eye reads it as archaic rather than invented. Whether that was the intention is not recorded, and probably varied by family, but the effect is consistent: a name spelled this way looks like it has been in a parish register, which is a very unusual thing for a twentieth-century respelling to achieve.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Greek name behind it is ancient and its elements are argued over. This spelling is modern and is not documented, and no reason for the inserted letter has been recorded.
Pronouncing Casaundra
kuh-SAWN-druh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The inserted u does change the middle vowel slightly, which makes this one of the few respellings that is audible.
Nicknames for Casaundra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1960
- Most girls named
- 198955 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2194reached in 1989
- Change vs 2002
- −37.5%5 in 2003, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Casaundras among us
people named Casaundra are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Casaundra sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Cassie is available as a short form from the first day and needs no explaining.
- The name behind it is ancient and famous, with a documented literary history.
- The inserted letter is actually audible, so the spelling is not merely decorative.
- Cassandra is the standard spelling by an enormous margin and this one will be corrected constantly.
- Nine letters for three syllables means the name has to be spelled aloud often.
- No reason for the spelling is documented, so there is nothing to say when someone asks why.
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Frequently asked
- How many Casaundras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Casaundra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Casaundra in 2025?
- Casaundra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Casaundra with classmates?
- Casaundra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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