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Cassandra is a gorgeous, beautiful name with a lot of history. Cassie is just a nickname. It's cute but Cassandra is much nicer.

Cassandra

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with Cassie as an optional nickname. It's beautiful. Courtney, meanwhile, sounds hardened and trendy to me.

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I prefer Cassandra as a full formal name. That way you can still use Cassie as a nickname, but she will need a more professional name later in life. Cassandra has the air of credibility, Cassie has not.

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All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again.

I love Cassandra because a "cool" girl in my 3rd grade class had it. You could always use the nn too!

I like Cassandra with Cassie as an occasional nn.

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Hannah
Everything looks perfect from far away

First: I personally hate the name Courntey - it's EIGHTIES trendy and the 80s were not a good decade. Not to mention all of the Courtneys I met were blonde, stupid and cruel. They're what's known as "preppy" these days. You know - bleached, orange tanned and only shop at Abercrombie and Hollister? THAT is Courtney to me.

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Second: My sister's name is Cassandra (w/mn Rose) and she frequently goes by Cass or Cassie and so that name I love. It's classic and beautiful - not at all a good fit with Courtney.

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"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

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"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble

This message was edited 2/17/2006, 7:02 PM

Cassandra is much nicer. I'm glad my parents didn't name me Cassie only; the full name gives me more options. I dislike Cassie as a nickname anyway and prefer Cass or Cassandra.

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I am not a fan of Courtney, so I don't think it goes with any of the above.

For a girl, Cassie is a nn for Cassandra to me. I don't like most nn names because they restrict options: your daughter may like Cassie, but on the other hand she may prefer to go by Cassandra, Cass, Sandra, Andie, or another nn. If she's called Cassie she has no other options but to go by either Cassie or Cass.

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Cassandra Courtney is nice. I've come to really like some kinds of alliteration, like this one.

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Miranda

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Neither.

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I actually don't like either one and prefer, by far, Cassia. Cassie is strictly a nickname to me and sounds rather incomplete on its own. Cassandra was a popular name where I live in the late 80s/early 90s. I've never liked it much anyway.

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Cassie and Cassandra are both nice but I prefer Cassie. Either would work with Courtney but Cassie and Courtney are more "matching". Cassandra nn Cassie and Courtney might be better than Cassie and Courtney since Cassandra isn't as similar to Courtney as Cassie is. Then again, it might not really matter if she always went by Cassie anyways. Most people don't like sibling names that are similar, but I don't think that it's a big deal. It might be more confusing (Cassie might be called Courtney and vice versa), but they aren't incredibly close names. People might be less likely to confuse the names Cassandra and Courtney though. Hopefully, that made sense.

This message was edited 2/17/2006, 6:31 PM

Cassie is my name so I like that more but I'm biased. Its not short for Cassandra or anything. I prefer Cassie coz I think Cassandra is too posh sounding (for me anyway). My parents named me just Cassie coz they thought if I was named Cassandra everyone would just end up calling me Cassie anyway. My full name is Cassie Anne. ;)

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Mum to Hayley Anne

This message was edited 2/17/2006, 6:27 PM

I think of Cassie as a nn for Cassandra.

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Don't like either one paired with Courtney. Too much alliteration.