Meaning of name Casey

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Meaning

The name Casey has the following meaning:

One who is alert; watchful. "Vigilent".

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Casey as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby boy name, Casey is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 249 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Casey fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 30 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 366 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Casey in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Pronunciation

The name Casey is pronounced as kay-see

Origins

Casey originates from the Gaelic language.
See other suggested Gaelic baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Casey and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Casey: Boys - Alan, Craig, Darrah, Girls - Arline, Aylin, Colleen, Deirdre, Elvie, Ena, Fidelma, Lular, Mckayla, Merna, Nealie, Both genders - Quinn

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Casey: Cace (Irish), Cacee, Cacey (Irish), Caci, Cacie (Gaelic), Cacy (Gaelic), Caicee, Caicey, Caici, Caicie, Caicy, Caisee, Caisey, Caisi, Caisie, Caisy, Casee, Casi, Casie, Casy (Gaelic), Cayce, Caycee, Caycey (Irish), Cayci, Caycie, Caycy (Gaelic), Caysee, Caysey, Caysi, Caysie, Caysy, Kacey, Kacy, Kasen, Kasey (English)

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Casey are: Case

Style

We think the name Casey should fall under the following style category: The Wild West.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Casey to be: A fair competitor

In one word, you might describe Casey as a(n) "fair" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Casey (or its variants) are:

Casey Jones, born on 14 March, a famous engineer. Casey Jones's background: An American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad.

Casey Kasem, born on 27 April, a famous radio personality. Casey Kasem's background: An American radio personality and voice actor.

Casey Stengel, born on 30 July, a famous athlete. Casey Stengel's background: Born in 1890. The baseball player and manager was born Charles Dillon Stengel. In his long career he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Braves, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets.