Baby name

CLASSIC BOY · LATIN-ITALIAN
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Cassio

/KAS · ee · oh/


“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.

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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.