The name Cassius was originally a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin ‘cassus’ meaning ’empty’ or ‘vain’.
Cassius is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Cassius isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Cassius ranks 565. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 3 were named Cassius. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Cassius.
The name Cassius was originally a Roman family name that was possibly derived from Latin ‘cassus’ meaning ’empty’ or ‘vain’.
Cassius is a ... rare name, that was the original first name of famous boxer Muhammad Ali.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.
With seven letters, the name Cassius has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.
If your name is Cassius and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Cassius, you can simply say:
Cat
Apple
Sun
Sun
Igloo
Unicorn
Sun
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Cassius
Cassius
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
A
S
S
I
U
S
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
A
S
S
I
U
S
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Cassius sounds like this:
