Meaning of the nameCassiana

Female
Latin origin
Cas-si-a-na

Cassiana is a female name that shares its stem with Cassian and Cassiano, from Latin Cassianus, derived from the Roman family name Cassius.

Meaning

The meaning of Cassiana is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 7,242
Rank in Brazil: #2,118
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 7,737; people

Cassiana in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cassiana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,725 people).

7,191 women 51 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cassiana is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cassiana in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%
Paraná 0.006%
Santa Catarina 0.005%
Pernambuco 0.005%
Paraíba 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,482	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	895	0.008%
Minas Gerais	780	0.004%
Paraná	728	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	489	0.003%
Bahia	428	0.003%
Pernambuco	426	0.005%
Santa Catarina	390	0.005%
Ceará	245	0.003%
Paraíba	177	0.005%
Maranhão	157	0.002%
Goiás	154	0.002%
Pará	122	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	94	0.003%
Piauí	89	0.003%
Alagoas	85	0.003%
Espírito Santo	82	0.002%
Mato Grosso	81	0.002%
Amazonas	72	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	62	0.002%
Distrito Federal	60	0.002%
Sergipe	41	0.002%
Tocantins	37	0.002%
Rondônia	36	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Cassiana

Wiktionary and Behind the Name explain that Cassian comes from Latin Cassianus, derived from Cassius, a Roman family name. Cassiana shares this stem and ends in -ana, like other Portuguese female names. Most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,242 people named Cassiana, with a median age of 37. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cassian · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Cassian · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Cassiana

What does the name Cassiana mean?

The meaning of Cassiana is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Cassiana in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,242 people with the first name Cassiana, which ranks it number 2,118 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Cassiana a boy's or a girl's name?

Cassiana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,191 women and 51 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cassiana?

Cassiana is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cassiana most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.008% of the state's population is named Cassiana (895 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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