Cassondra
Feminine
Cassandra was cursed to be right and disbelieved. Apollo gave her prophecy to win her and, refused, added the condition that nobody would ever credit it — so she watched Troy fall knowing exactly how and could not stop it. The o in this spelling sits where nobody articulates a vowel at all.
How old is the name Cassondra?
Cassondra first appears in US birth records in 1943 — 82 years ago. The typical Cassondra alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 4,200 people named Cassondra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cassondra most popular?
Cassondra peaked in 1989, reaching #655 nationally. See the whole 1989 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kassandra to Cassondra
The story of Cassondra
The middle of this name is where it is heard rather than read. Cassandra has three syllables with the weight on the second, which leaves the third vowel unstressed and reduced to the sound English writes with almost any letter — the same neutral vowel in sofa, taken, pencil and lemon. So a family who has only ever heard the name has no way to know whether that letter is an a, an o or an e, and all three spellings exist. Cassondra is the second of them, and it is not a mistake so much as an honest transcription.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
The Greek is usually read as shining upon men or excelling over men, from a root meaning to shine or excel plus aner, a man — but the first element is genuinely uncertain and names of this age often resist analysis. What is documented is the figure, not the etymology. Cassondra changes the middle vowel to an o, which is inaudible: the syllable is unstressed and reduces to the same neutral sound however it is written.
How the name formed
- Kassandra
- Cassandra
- Cassondra
Related forms: Κασσάνδρα · Cassandra
Pronouncing Cassondra
kuh-SAHN-druh
kuh-SAHN-druh, three syllables, stress in the middle. Some say kuh-SAN-druh with a flatter middle vowel, and both are heard. Cassandra and Cassondra are said identically; the vowel in question is the unstressed one near the end.
Nicknames for Cassondra
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
- 1943
- Most girls named
- 1990287 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #655reached in 1989
- Change vs 2011
- −37.5%5 in 2013, 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.
Cassondra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Κασσάνδρα in Greek — transliteration
- Cassandra in Italian — same name
Cassondras among us
people named Cassondra 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
Cassondra 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, Cass and Sondra are three short forms in three different registers.
- The Greek figure is one of the most memorable in the whole cycle.
- Three syllables with a clear middle stress, which balances a short surname.
- Cassandra is the standard spelling and this will be corrected toward it constantly.
- The meaning is not settled, so anything offered is a proposal rather than a fact.
- The word cassandra is also an English noun for someone whose warnings go unheeded.
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- How many Cassondras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,200 people named Cassondra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cassondra in 2025?
- Cassondra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cassondra with classmates?
- Cassondra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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