Kassiani
Kassia, Cassia, Kassiane, or Kassiani was a Byzantine-Greek composer, hymnographer and poet. She holds a unique place in Byzantine music as the only known woman whose music appears in the Byzantine liturgy. Approximately fifty of her hymns are extant, most of which are stichera, though at least 26 have uncertain attribution.
Meaning & Origin of Kassiani
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Kassia, Cassia, Kassiane, or Kassiani was a Byzantine-Greek composer, hymnographer and poet. She holds a unique place in Byzantine music as the only known woman whose music appears in the Byzantine liturgy. Approximately fifty of her hymns are extant, most of which are stichera, though at least 26 have uncertain attribution.
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The Story of Kassiani
Kassiani first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2015, with 12 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 12 Kassianis were born — ranking #8,929 that year. As of 2026, Kassiani ranks #8,407 for baby girls with 12 births, rising sharply (+17% over the past five years). In total, more than 99 Kassianis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kassiani
Kassiani is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 99 births in the dataset. Kassiani's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #8,929. Use the chart and map above to compare Kassiani's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
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