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Cassara
How to Pronounce Cassara
Pronounced kuh-SAR-uh /kəˈsɑːrə/Low
Meaning: Cassara reads as an invented elaboration built on the Cass- of Cassandra or Cassia (Greek roots) finished with the fashionable -ara ending. No single fixed meaning is recorded, so we treat it as a sound-led coinage.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Cassara appears to be a made-in-America elaboration, pairing the Cass- head of Cassandra or Cassia with the soft -ara ending heard in Sara and Tamara. It has no documented older root, so it is best read as a name chosen for its warm, balanced sound rather than a fixed meaning.
The name never caught on, showing up only briefly and peaking around 1988 with roughly twenty girls a year before fading. A girl named Cassara then is in her late thirties today, placing it in a wave of soft, invented late-1980s names.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Cassara mean?
It is a modern coinage, most likely elaborating Cassandra or Cassia; no older fixed meaning is recorded.
How do you pronounce Cassara?
It is said kuh-SAR-uh /kəˈsɑːrə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Cassara a boy or girl name?
Cassara is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Cassara?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-eighties.