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Casey

/ˈkeɪsi/

Casey proper noun: a surname from Irish. Also the ellipsis of Casey Station.

Proper noun

Casey (countable and uncountable, plural Caseys)

  1. A surname from Irish.
    • “His research shows you can change aging to make lives younger for longer. Now he wants to change the world and make aging a disease,” said Whitney Casey, an investor who is partnering with Sinclair to create a do-it-yourself biological age test.2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2022
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
    • Casey Anthony was sentenced on Thursday to a four-year jail term, the maximum possible, for lying to the police, but will be freed this month because she has spent nearly three years behind bars in Orlando, Fla., awaiting trial.2011 July 7, New York Times
  4. A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey.
  5. A local government area in eastern Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, also named after Baron Casey; in full, the City of Casey.
  6. An electoral division in Victoria.
  7. A city in Clark County and Cumberland County, Illinois, United States.
  8. A minor city in Adair County and Guthrie County, Iowa, United States.
  9. A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
  10. A township in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, named after George Elliott Casey.

Also used as

Casey is also the ellipsis of Casey Station.

Casey is also the ellipsis of Casey County.

Casey is also the ellipsis of Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Forms of Casey

pluralCaseys

Origin of Casey

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (literally “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).

Words formed from Casey

Phrases with Casey

Words that rhyme with Casey

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Questions about Casey

What does Casey mean?
Casey means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is Casey?
Casey is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Casey?
Casey is pronounced /ˈkeɪsi/.

Words near Casey in the dictionary

  1. caseworker
  2. caseworkers
  3. caseworking
  4. caseworm
  5. caseworms
  6. Casey
  7. Casey County
  8. Casey Stengel
  9. Casey Stengels
  10. cash
  11. cash advance

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Casey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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