Kassandra

Meaning of Kassandra

Kassandra, the Greek variant of Cassandra, traces back to the mythic Trojan princess whose unheeded prophecies earned her the meaning “she who shines upon men” or simply “prophetess.” Pronounced kah-SAHN-drah in Spanish and Italian and kuh-SAN-druh in English, the name glides effortlessly from the Aegean to the Americas, finding special resonance in Latin pop culture through telenovela heroines and chart-topping singers. In U.S. records it surged from near-obscurity in the 1970s to a Top-200 peak in the mid-1990s, then leveled into today’s mid-700s—visible, yet far from overused. Its mythological gravitas, cross-lingual ease, and adaptable nicknames like Kass or Sandra give Kassandra a cosmopolitan spirit that feels both time-honored and refreshingly current.