Casey (given name)
Appearance
Origin | |
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Word/name | Irish |
Meaning | "vigilant" or "brave" |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Kacey, Kasey, Cacey, Kacie, etc. |
Casey is a given name, derived either from the Irish Gaelic cathasaigh, meaning vigilant or watchful, or from a combination of the initials K.C. It is in use for both boys and girls in the United States, often with variant spellings.[1] It was the 326th most popular name for boys born in the United States in 2007 and the 458th most popular name for girls. It ranked among the top 200 names for both sexes in the 1990s.[2] Variants include Caci, Cacey, Kacey, Kaci, Kacie, Kasey, Kaycee, Kayci, Kaysi, Kaysey, and Kaycie.
People with the given name Casey
Notable people with the name Casey include:
- Casey Abrams (born 1991), American Idol contestant and musical artist.
- Casey Affleck (born 1975), American actor and brother of actor/director Ben Affleck
- Casey Alexander, American storyboard director and writer for the television series SpongeBob SquarePants
- Casey Anthony (born 1986), American mother accused of murdering her toddler daughter
- Casey Atwood (born 1980), American racecar driver
- Casey Beathard, American country music songwriter
- Casey Biggs (born 1955), American actor
- Casey Blake (born 1973), American baseball player
- Casey Cagle (born 1966), American politician
- Casey Calvert (1981–2007), American rhythm guitarist for Hawthorne Heights
- Casey Candaele (born 1961), American baseball player
- Casey Connor (born 1978), American lacrosse player
- Casey Crawford (born 1987), American professional basketball player
- Casey Crawford (American football) (born 1977), American football player
- Casey Daigle (born 1981), American baseball player
- Casey Dailey (born 1975), American football player
- Casey Dellacqua (born 1985), Australian tennis player
- Casey Desmond (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
- Casey Donovan (actor) (1943–1987), American pornographic actor
- Casey Donovan (singer) (born 1988), Australian singer
- Casey Ellison (born 1975), American actor
- Casey Fossum (born 1978), American baseball player
- Casey Gallagher, English Darts Player
- Casey Haines (born 1986), American ice hockey player
- Casey Hampton (born 1977), American NFL football nose tackle
- Casey Hudson, American game developer
- Casey Jacobsen (born 1981), American basketball player
- Casey Johnson (born 1979), American actress, socialite and heiress to the Johnson and Johnson empire and fortune
- Casey Jones (1863–1900), American railroad engineer
- Casey Kasem (1932–2014), American radio personality
- Casey Kotchman (born 1983), American baseball player
- Casey Kozlowski (born 1987), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Casey Laulala (born 1982), New Zealand rugby union player
- Casey Martin (born 1972), American golfer
- Casey Matthews (born 1989), American football linebacker
- Casey McGehee (born 1982), American baseball infielder
- Casey Mears (born 1978), American racecar driver
- Casey Mitchell (born 1988), basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Casey Nicholaw (born 1962), American theatre director
- Casey Neistat (born 1981), American filmmaker
- Casey Nogueira (born 1989), American soccer player
- Casey Patton (born 1974), Canadian boxer
- Casey Powell (born 1976), American lacrosse player
- Casey Rabach (born 1977), American football player
- Casey Reinhardt (born 1986), American actress
- Casey Roberts (1901–1949), American set decorator
- Casey Royer (born 1958), American musician
- Casey Sander (born 1956), American actor
- Casey Shaw, American basketball center
- Casey Spooner (born 1970), American artist
- Casey Stengel (1890–1975), American baseball player and manager
- Casey Stoner (born 1985), Australian motorcyclist
- Casey Tibbs (1929–1990), American rodeo performer and actor
- Casey Viator (born 1951), American bodybuilder
- Casey Walker (born 1989), American football player
- Casey Walters (1916–1991), American actor
- Casey Weldon (born 1969), former American football player
- Casey Weldon (artist)]], American post-pop surrealism artist
- Casey Wescott (musician)]], Fleet Foxes
- Casey Wilson (born 1980), American actress
- Kasey Peters, American football player
Characters
- Casey, a character in the 1888 poem Casey at the Bat
- Casey, the puppet companion of Mr. Dressup
- Casey Connor, a character in the 1998 film The Faculty played by Elijah Wood
- Casey Junior, a locomotive in the 1941 film Dumbo
- Casey Kelso, a character in the television series That '70s Show
- Casey McDonald, one of the main characters and Derek's step-sister in the television series Life with Derek
- Casey Novak, a character in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Casey Ryback, a character in the Under Siege films played by Steven Seagal
- Casey Shraeger, a character in the television series The Unusuals
- Casey Swine, a character on Australian T.V Series Blinky Bill
- Casey McCall, a character in the television series "Sports Night"
- Casey Cartwright, a character in the television series "Greek"
- Casey Jones, a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle universe
- Casey Hughes, a character on the soap opera As the World Turns
- Casey Rhodes, the Red Ranger in Power Rangers Jungle Fury
- Casey Braxton, a character from the Australian soap opera, Home and Away
- Casey Stoner, a character from "MotoGP"
- Casey Matthis, a character from the 2013 American comedy film, We're the Millers
- Casey Poe, Cameron Poe's daughter in the 1997 film Con Air
- Casey Carlyle, a character in the 2005 film Ice Princess, played by Michelle Trachtenberg
- Casey Newton, a character in the 2015 film Tomorrowland, played by Britt Robertson
Song references
- The Ballad of Casey Jones by Eddie Newton, Wallace Saunders and T. Lawrence Seibert is an American folk song
- Casey (song) by Darren Hayes and Peter-John Vettesse on the Darren Hayes album This Delicate Thing We've Made
- Casey Jones (song) by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter for the 1970 Grateful Dead album Workingman's Dead
- Casey Junior by the Sportsmen for the 1941 Disney film Dumbo
- Casey's Last Ride by Kris Kristofferson on his 1970 album Kristofferson
- Casey's Song by Dallas Green and Casey Baker on the City and Colour 2005 album Sometimes
- Casey's Song by I Am the Avalanche on their 2011 album Avalanche United
- "Rocky Mountain Way" (song) by Joe Walsh, Rocke Grace, Kenny Passarelli and Joe Vitale on the Joe Walsh and Bandstorm 1973 album The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
- Says it doesn't matter bases are loaded and Casey's at bat playin' it play by play time to change the batter
- The Space Between by Valencia on their 2005 album This Could Be a Possibility
- So Casey can you remember sitting by my side on the bank of the Delaware River and talking about life