Casey

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• English:/ˈkeɪsi/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Casey, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Bailey
• Jamie
• Avery
• Jordan
• Blake

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Casey is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Càséy, Çåsëý, Cäsèy

• German given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Caesey, Cäsey, Cãsėy

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Càséy, Cäsêy

• Polish given name19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Bulgaria

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Keysi, Kejsi, Càséy, Кейси

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Casey is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from Kersey Marsh in South Benfleet, Essex; also in Ireland for O’Casey, Ir Ó Cathasaigh, from cathasach ‘watchful’; first attested John Casey 1524

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• ,9 Especially North American: bestowed originally in honour of the American engine driver and folk hero ‘Casey’ Jones (1863-1900), who saved the lives of passengers on the ‘Cannonball Express’ at the expense of his own. He was baptized Johnathan Luther Jones in Cayce, Kentucky, and acquired his nickname from his birthplace. As a girl’s name it is a variant of Cassie. Variant: Casy.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• ‘descendant of Cathasacli', a byname meaning ‘Vigilant’ or ‘Noisy’. Carvill i. English and Irish (Norman): habitation name from Casement Manx: Anglicized Easmuimr, see Osmond. in Calvados and Seine-Maritime called Carville, from the Scandinavian personal name Kare + OF ViLLE settlement. 2. Irish: var. of Carroll. Vars.: Carville, Carvell.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• cendant of Cathasach’, a byname meaning ‘Vigilant’ or ‘Noisy’. Var.: O’Casey.

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• Bravo, agresivo, guerrero

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Casey Siemaszkob. 1961USAmerican actor
• Casey Affleckb. 1975USAmerican actor
• Casey Neistatb. 1981USAmerican YouTube personality, filmmaker and entrepreneur

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

75 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 38 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Is Casey a male or female name?

Casey is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed under both sexes; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed under both sexes; Canada (Statistics Canada, 2024): listed as male. We don't publish a percentage split.

What does the name Casey mean, and where does it come from?

From Irish Gaelic Ó Cathasaigh, 'descendant of Cathasach', a nickname meaning 'vigilant' or 'noisy'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

How common is the name Casey?

In the United States, the national register counted 165,300 people named Casey in 2020, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.

How common is Casey compared with other names?

In the United States, Casey is the 393rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

What are other forms of the name Casey?

In the etymology graph, Kasey, Kayce and Kejsi are forms of the same name in other languages.

Which countries have the most people named Casey?

In the United States, the national register counted about 165 thousand people named Casey, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled casey. After it come Australia, United Kingdom, Canada and Philippines; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Casey most common?

Casey is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.0 thousand people carrying it.

How do you pronounce Casey?

In English /ˈkeɪsi/ (Wiktionary).