Casey (given name)

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 also a nickname; in the case of girls, it can be used as a derivative nickname for the name Cassandra. It is in use for girls in both the United States and the United Kingdom. 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.^[1] Variants include Caicey, Kaisey, Caci, Casi, Cacey, Kacey, Kacee, Kaci, Kasi, Kacy, Kacie, Kasie, Kasey, Kaycee, Kaysee, Kayci, Kaysi, Kaycey, Kaysey, Kaycie, and Kaysie.

People with the given name Casey

• Casey Abrams (born 1991), American Idol contestant and musical artist
• Casey Affleck (born 1975), American actor, 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 Calvert (actress) (born 1990), American pornographic film actress
• 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 Dunn (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• 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
• Case Keenum (born 1988), American football quarterback
• 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 Lawrence (born 1987), American baseball pitcher
• Casey Lee Williams (born 1998), American singer (Red vs. Blue, RWBY)
• Casey Loyd (born 1989), American soccer player
• Casey Martin (born 1972), American golfer
• Casey Matthews (born 1989), American football linebacker
• Casey McGehee (born 1982), American baseball infielder
• Casey McPherson (born 1978), American singer and songwriter for Flying Colors and Alpha Rev
• Casey Mears (born 1978), American racecar driver
• Casey Mitchell (basketball) (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 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 Smith (born 1981), Average guy from New Zealand
• 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, American post-pop surrealism artist
• Casey Wescott, musician with the band Fleet Foxes
• Casey Wilson (born 1980), American actress

Characters

• Casey, in the 1888 poem Casey at the Bat
• Casey, the puppet companion of Mr. Dressup
• Casey Braxton, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Casey Carlyle, in the 2005 film Ice Princess played by Michelle Trachtenberg
• Casey Cartwright, on the television series Greek
• Casey Connor, in the 1998 film The Faculty played by Elijah Wood
• Casey Cooke, a main character in the 2016 film Split played by Anya Taylor-Joy
• Casey Hughes, on the soap opera As the World Turns
• Casey Jones, in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe
• Casey Junior, a locomotive in the 1941 film Dumbo
• Casey Kelso, on the television series That '70s Show
• Casey Matthis, in the 2013 American comedy film We're the Millers
• Casey McCall, on the television series Sports Night
• Casey McDonald, one of the main characters and Derek's stepsister on the television series Life with Derek
• Casey Newton, in the 2015 film Tomorrowland played by Britt Robertson
• Casey Novak, on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Casey Poe, Cameron Poe's daughter in the 1997 film Con Air played by Landry Allbright
• Casey Rhodes, the Red Ranger in Power Rangers Jungle Fury
• Casey Ryback, in the Under Siege films played by Steven Seagal
• Casey Shraeger, a character in the television series The Unusuals
• Casey Stoner, a character from MotoGP
• Casey Swine, on the Australian television series Blinky Bill

See also

• Casey (disambiguation)
• Casey (surname)

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