Knowing the meanings of names is very cool and important from a standpoint of preservation of knowledge and understanding how our language evolves, but I think people get too concerned with them sometimes. Calvin means "bald" but we still name people Calvin, because meaning is not the end-all-be-all of a name. You will meet people named Rory who are not red-heads, and people with god as their name's meaning who are not religious. You must accept that there are many factors that will go into a name.
I don't like it pronounced cash-us, cass-ee-us is much better. Cas is a good nickname better than cash. But pronounced cass-ee-us is very nice, I quite like it.
I just gave birth to my second son (June 2019) and named him Cassius (cash-us). My first son's name is Roman. Overall I have only heard positive comments (from men especially) and people are really interested in how I found the name. I included our intended pronunciation in our announcement and that has helped greatly. We've had people say it both ways and then ask us if that is the way to pronounce it. Since both Cash-us and Cass-ee-us are correct, I don't find it bothersome to correct at all.
The name is "POSSIBLY derived from Latin cassus 'empty, vain'" ... which means, they don't really know its true meaning. I choose to focus on the part that is concrete... many saints have held the name before. It's an awesome unique name. I prefer the whole name and not the nickname Cash.
I have a son of 1 that is named Cassius and we love the name.
― Anonymous User 6/27/2018
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My son's names are Maximus and Cassius but we call them Max and Cash. When we named Cash I did a lot of research on the name and yes it can have a rather unfavorable meaning, but I'm surprised that that is all this site had for the name. It can also mean holder of riches or valuable information, sorta like the word cache.
I love the look and sound of this name, the meaning I have mixed feelings on.
― Anonymous User 11/15/2013
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I prefer "cash-us", although I think at first glance most people would say Cassie-us, which is ok, but in my opinion a little long and too similar to "Cassie".
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I knew a dog named Cassius. He was named after Muhammed Ali, because his breed was a boxer :P.
This is my baby cousin's name, we pronounce it CASH-uss. I like it, but it's very strange. People look at me weirdly when I say his name in public. We usually just call him by his nickname, Bubby. Lol :D
It's a rather cool-sounding name, but it has a rather sad meaning to me, and if one was to name their son Cassius, he might get called Cassie at some point in his life. I'd use the name but only for characters in stories.
Cassius Edward Taylor is the second child and youngest son of Lady Helen (née Windsor) Taylor and Timothy Taylor and grandson of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.