Cassia

Meaning & origin

Cassia is a girl's name of English origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "Cinnamon, the spice tree — Cassia (Greek kasia, the cinnamon plant) names a girl after the warm aromatic spice. Mentioned in Psalm 45:8 as one of the perfumes of the royal robes. A modern surging American Christian female name." and belongs to the Nature cluster — names drawn from the natural world — earth, water, sky.

Beyond its Christian heritage, Cassia is also used in Atheist traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among American, European, Greek families, Cassia carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Cassia

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Cassia resonates in either tradition.

How Cassia sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Cassia breaks down into 6 phonemes: /K-AA-S-S-IH-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Cassia — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Cassia

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Cassia maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.