Cassidy (given name)

Cassidy
Pronunciation	[KAS-A-DEE]
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	Irish
Meaning	"clever" or "curly-haired"
Region of origin	Ireland
Other names
Related names	Kassidi, Kassidy, Cassadee, Kennedy

Cassidy is a given name derived from an Irish surname and ultimately from the Goidelic given name Caiside, meaning "clever" or "curly-haired." The name Caiside comes from the Irish word element cas.[1][2]

Cassidy is a gender neutral name. Cassidy was the 244th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2009. It was most popular in 1999, when it was the 99th most popular name for American girls. It first appeared among the 1,000 most popular names for American girls in 1981. Kassidy, an alternate spelling, was ranked as the 443rd most popular name for girls in 2009.[3]

The name Cassidy was a known last name. Cassidy may have become a first name due to baby-boomer and Generation X parents naming their children after the Grateful Dead song, "Cassidy".

People with the name

Cassidy

Cassidy (musician) (born 1979), American musical artist
Cassidy (rapper) (born 1982), American rapper
Cassidy Benintente (born 1994), American soccer player
Cassidy Cox (born 1998), American archer
Cassidy Davis (born 1994), Australian footballer
Cassidy Doneff (born 1986), American football player
Cassidy Freeman (born 1982), American actress
Cassidy Gifford (born 1993), American actress
Cassidy Haley (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
Cassidy Hutchinson (born 1996), American former Trump White House aide
Cassidy Hubbarth (born 1984), American television host
Cassidy Janson (born 1980), British actress
Cassidy Krug (born 1985), American athlete
Cassidy Lehrman (born 1992), American actress
Cassidy Lichtman (born 1989), American volleyball player
Cassidy O'Reilly (born 1976), American professional wrestler
Cassidy Rae (born 1976), American actress
Cassidy Sugimoto, American information scientist
Cassidy Possum Tjapaltjarri (1923-2006), Australian visual artist
Cassidy Turbin, American recording engineer
Cassidy Wolf (born 1994), American model
DJ Cassidy (born 1981), American DJ and MC

Cassadee

Cassadee Pope, American singer and winner of The Voice, season 3

Fictional characters

The character Cassidy in the videogame Life Is Strange 2
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character Kasidy Yates
The character Cassidy Chacon in W.I.T.C.H.
The character Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas on Veronica Mars
The character Cassidy Bridges in Nash Bridges
The character of Team Rocket agent and partner of Butch in the English-language version of Pokémon animated series
The presumed identity of Golden Freddy in Five Nights at Freddy's is a kid named Cassidy
The 100 year old Irish vampire character from graphic novel and TV show "Preacher"
The main character of Victoria Schwab's Cassidy Blake book series
Cassidy Sharp, a character on This Is Us

Notes

Behind the Name
Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2
"Social Security Administration". Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2008-06-11.

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[1] Behind the Name

[2] Rosenkrantz, Linda, and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-312-35220-2

[Social_Security_Administration-3] "Social Security Administration". Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2008-06-11.