Gender Feminine
Usage English, French, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Scripts Pron. /kə.ˈsæn.dɹə/ (English) /kə.ˈsɑːn.dɹə/ (English) /ka.sɑ̃.dʁa/ (French) [key ·simplify]
Meaning & History
From the Greek name κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to surpass" and aner) meaning "man" (genitive [1] [2] [3] [4] . Another theory connects the first element to [5] [6] . In Greek myth Cassandra was a Trojan princess, the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo, but when she spurned his advances he cursed her so nobody would believe her prophecies.In the Middle Ages this name was common in England due to the popularity of medieval tales about the Trojan War. It subsequently became rare, but was revived in the 20th century.
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Depiction of the Trojan princess Cassandra by Evelyn De Morgan (1898)Depiction of the Trojan princess Cassandra by Evelyn De Morgan (1898)
Sources & References
- Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Κασσάνδρα.
- Beekes, Robert. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Brill, 2010, page 654.
- Beekes, Robert. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. Brill, 2010, page 666.
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry a)nh/r, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Da%29nh%2Fr.
- Panayotacos, Paul. Etymologica: Deciphering Greek names, entry Κασσάνδρα, available from https://etymologica.org/.
- Liddell, Scott and Jones. An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, entry kassu/w, available from https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dkassu%2Fw.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026