Baby name
CLASSIC
🇧🇷 🇮🇹 Cassio
/KAS · ee · oh/
Meaning
“Hollow”
Italian and Portuguese masculine name from the Roman Cassius, meaning hollow; famously used by Shakespeare as the name of Othello's lieutenant, giving it literary resonance.
Nicknames
cass
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Literary credentials through Shakespeare; more distinctive than Cassius in the Lusophone world.
The cultural moment.
Steady in Brazil throughout the 20th century; never a top name but consistently present.