From the fortress. An alternative spelling of Carrie. Cary became a popular masculine first name in mid-2Oth century because of actor Cary Grant, whose real name was Archibald Leach. V: Carey. Of the dark ones. From the castle. 'Loving.'.
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Refers to the Biblical acacia wood that was used to build the wilderness Tabernacle. Brave. Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. This name became popular in medieval Britain, and fashionable in the USA in the mid-2Oth century. A diminutive of Casirnir, Cassandra, or Cathedne. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin Katharina, from the Greek Aikaterina. Honorable. Biblical; acacia wood was used to build the wilderness Tabernacle. Observant; alert; vigorous. Pure, clear. Form of the Latin 'Katharina', from the Greek Aikaterina'. It was borne by a number of saints, including St Catherine of Alexandria, a 4th century martyr who suffered torture on a spiked wheel. Honorable.
Cassandra was a Trojan prophetess, daughter of King Priam. A diminutive of Casirnir, Cassandra, or Catherine. Also used as an independent name. Curly-headed. Vain.