Casey (given name)
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Casey is a given name, derived either from the Irish
surname meaning "vigilant" 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. 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. Variants include Caci, Kacey, Kaci, Kacie, Kasey, Kaycee, Kayci, Kaysi, Kaysey, and Kaycie.
Notable people with the name Casey include:
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
surname meaning "vigilant" 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. 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. Variants include Caci, Kacey, Kaci, Kacie, Kasey, Kaycee, Kayci, Kaysi, Kaysey, and Kaycie.
Notable people with the name Casey include:
- Casey AbramsCasey AbramsCasey Abrams is an American musician from Idyllwild, California who finished in sixth place on the tenth season of American Idol. He was eliminated from the competition on April 28, 2011, five weeks after being saved from elimination by the judges.-Early life:Abrams was born on February 12, 1991...
(born 1991), American Idol contestant - Casey AffleckCasey AffleckCaleb Casey McGuire Affleck-Boldt , better known as Casey Affleck, is an American actor and film director. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, he played supporting roles in mainstream hits like Good Will Hunting and Ocean's Eleven as well as in critically acclaimed independent films such as...
(born 1975), American actor - Casey Alexander, American storyboard director and writer for the television series SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
- Casey Anthony (born 1986), American mother accused of murdering her toddler daughter
- Casey AtwoodCasey AtwoodCasey Lee Atwood is an American race car driver. Atwood is currently a free agent in NASCAR. He married his longtime girlfriend, Laura, in 2005. Atwood and Laura have two daughters, Kaylee and Emma...
(born 1980), American racecar driver - Casey BeathardCasey BeathardCasey Beathard is an American country music songwriter. The son of former NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, he has co-written singles for several country music recording artists, including Top Ten singles for Gary Allan, Billy Ray Cyrus, Trace Adkins, and Kenny Chesney...
, American country music songwriter - Casey BiggsCasey BiggsCasey Patrick Biggs is an American actor, best known throughout the Star Trek community for his recurring role as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.-Biography:...
(born 1955), American actor - Casey BlakeCasey BlakeWilliam Casey Blake is a Major League Baseball third baseman who is currently a free agent.Blake previously played with the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers. He had alternated between playing at third base and first base before...
(born 1973), American baseball player - Casey CagleCasey CagleLowell S. "Casey" Cagle is an American politician currently serving as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He is a member of the Republican Party, a conservative, and a former member of the General Assembly in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2006, Cagle defeated political activist Ralph...
(born 1966), American politician - Casey Calvert (1981–2007), American rhythm guitarist for Hawthorne HeightsHawthorne HeightsHawthorne Heights is an American rock band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2001. Their line-up currently consists of lead-singer and rhythm guitarist JT Woodruff, lead-guitarist and vocalist Micah Carli, bassist and backing vocalist Matt Ridenour, and drummer Eron Bucciarelli...
- Casey CandaeleCasey CandaeleCasey Todd Candaele is a former Major League Baseball player from 1986 to 1997 for the Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, and Cleveland Indians. Candaele was known as a versatile utility player who could play many infield and outfield positions. His mother, Helen Callaghan St...
(born 1961), American baseball player - Casey ConnorCasey ConnorCasey Connor is a professional lacrosse player with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse. He is the only MLL player in history to score a 2-point goal with both an attack length stick and defensive length stick....
(born 1978), American lacrosse player - Casey CrawfordCasey CrawfordCasey Crawford is an American professional basketball player. He signed to Canadian team Edmonton Energy in May 2011.He has played in the FIBA and IBL leagues...
(born 1987), American professional basketball player - Casey DaigleCasey DaigleSean Casey Daigle is a Minor League Baseball pitcher for the Fresno Grizzlies, the AAA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.- Arizona Diamondbacks :...
(born 1981), American baseball player - Casey DellacquaCasey DellacquaCasey Dellacqua is an Australian professional tennis player who currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. She was previously coached by former Australian player Nicole Pratt, before the two decided to part ways prior to the 2009 Australian Open...
(born 1985), Australian tennis player - Casey DesmondCasey DesmondCasey Patricia Desmond is an American pop singer-songwriter and musician.- Biography :Desmond was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to parents Bill and Katherine Desmond, two Boston musicians and founders of Bentmen, a local Boston band, and the Sound Museum Music Complex...
(born 1986), American singer-songwriter - Casey Donovan (actor) (1943–1987), American pornographic actor
- Casey Donovan (singer)Casey Donovan (singer)-Australian Idol :Donovan transferred to the Australian Institute of Music in Sydney's Surry Hills in 2004 and it was in this year that her stepfather encouraged her to audition for the second season of Australian Idol...
(born 1988), Australian singer - Casey EllisonCasey EllisonCasey Ellison is a former American child actor best known for his role as Allen Anderson on Punky Brewster.-Career:He had a recurring minor role on Mr. Belvedere. Ellison has also guest starred on episodes of Newhart, 21 Jump Street, and The Wonder Years...
(born 1975), American actor - Casey FossumCasey FossumCasey Paul Fossum is an American baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He played for the Boston Red Sox , Arizona Diamondbacks , Tampa Bay Devil Rays , Detroit Tigers , and New York Mets of Major League Baseball, and the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball...
(born 1978), American baseball player - Casey HamptonCasey HamptonCasey "Big Snack" Hampton, Jr. is an American football nose tackle who currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League.-Early years:...
(born 1977), American NFL football nose tackle - Casey HudsonCasey Hudson- Career :Hudson started his career as a Technical Artist, developing art solutions for video games at Bioware, on many games, including Baldur's Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic...
, American game developer - Casey JacobsenCasey JacobsenCasey Gardner Jacobsen is an American professional basketball player for Brose Baskets of the German Bundesliga League....
(born 1981), American basketball player - Casey JonesCasey JonesJohn Luther Jones was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee, who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad...
(1863–1900), American railroad engineer - Casey KasemCasey KasemKemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
(born 1932), American radio personality - Casey KotchmanCasey KotchmanCasey John Kotchman is an American Major League Baseball first baseman.-High school:He was on the 2001 national champion team of Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida.-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim:...
(born 1983), American baseball player - Casey KozlowskiCasey KozlowskiCasey Kozlowski is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives for the 99th district. He was first elected in November 2010, winning by 0.14% of the vote and the race triggered an automatic recount.-References:...
(born 1987), member of the Ohio House of Representatives - Casey LaulalaCasey LaulalaCasey Laulala is a New Zealand rugby union player.He attended Woodhouse Grove School in the sixth form on a scholarship.-Career:...
(born 1982), New Zealand rugby union player - Casey MartinCasey MartinCasey Martin is a former American professional golfer and the current college golf coach of the University of Oregon.Martin was born in Eugene, Oregon and still resides there. He was educated at Stanford University, where he was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity and was briefly a teammate of...
(born 1972), American golfer - Casey MatthewsCasey MatthewsCasey Christopher Matthews is an American football linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League . He was drafted by the Eagles in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon....
(born 1989), American football linebacker - Casey McGeheeCasey McGeheeCasey Michael McGehee is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.-Early life:McGehee graduated from Soquel High School in Soquel, California and attended Fresno State University....
(born 1982), American baseball infielder - Casey MearsCasey MearsCasey James Mears is the driver of the #13 GEICO Toyota for Germain Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He is a former winner of the Coca-Cola 600....
(born 1978), American racecar driver - Casey NicholawCasey NicholawCasey Nicholaw is an American theatre director, choreographer and performer. He has been nominated for Tony Awards for directing and choreographing The Drowsy Chaperone , for choreographing Monty Python's Spamalot , and choreographing The Book of Mormon , as well as winning for his co-direction...
(born 1962), American theatre director - Casey NogueiraCasey NogueiraCasey Nicole Nogueira is a U.S. soccer midfielder who currently plays for the professional Sky Blue FC. She has earned one cap with the United States women's national soccer team in 2007 and was a member of the U.S. U-20 women's team at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship and the 2007...
(born 1989), American soccer player - Casey PattonCasey PattonCasey Patton is a retired boxer from Canada. He is a five time Canadian champion who competed in the featherweight Casey Patton (born November 21, 1974 in London, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada. He is a five time Canadian champion who competed in the featherweight Casey Patton (born...
(born 1974), Canadian boxer - Casey PowellCasey PowellCasey Powell is a lacrosse player in the United States. He was the captain of the US national team in the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship. He currently plays indoor lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League for the Rochester Knighthawks. He also plays Major League Lacrosse for the Hamilton...
(born 1976), American lacrosse player - Casey RabachCasey RabachCasey Edward Rabach is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft...
(born 1977), American football player - Casey ReinhardtCasey ReinhardtCasey Beau Reinhardt is an American actress, model, charity spokeswoman, and Pepperdine University graduate but is more popularly known for her participation in the second season of the reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.-Personal life:Reinhardt was raised in Laguna Beach,...
(born 1986), American actress - Casey RobertsCasey RobertsCasey Roberts was an American set decorator. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.He was born in Illinois and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
(1901–1949), American set decorator - Casey RoyerCasey RoyerCasey Royer is an American musician who began his career playing drums for punk band, Social Distortion at age 21 in 1979. He then moved on to play for The Adolescents from 1980–87. While The Adolescents were on hiatus from 1981–86, Casey went on to form D.I. in 1982, a Southern California punk...
(born 1958), American musician - Casey SanderCasey SanderCasey Sander is an American actor known as the character "Captain" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series Tucker. His television credits also include The Golden Girls, Grace Under Fire, Home Improvement, Malcolm in the Middle, Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and Hunter among other...
(born 1956), American actor - Casey ShawCasey ShawJoseph Casey Shaw is an American basketball center, formerly in the NBA. After a career at the University of Toledo Rockets, he was drafted 37th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1998 NBA Draft....
, American basketball center - Casey SpoonerCasey SpoonerCasey Spooner is an American artist and musician. He was born in Athens, Georgia and resides in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Spooner is openly gay. While attending the Art Institute of Chicago he met Warren Fischer. The two went on to cofound Fischerspooner in New York in 1998.Spooner has submitted...
(born 1970), American artist - Casey StengelCasey StengelCharles Dillon "Casey" Stengel , nicknamed "The Old Perfessor", was an American Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in ....
(1890–1975), American baseball player and manager - Casey StonerCasey StonerCasey Stoner is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career...
(born 1985), Australian motorcyclist - Casey TibbsCasey TibbsCasey Duane Tibbs was an American cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor.He was born northwest of Fort Pierre, South Dakota. Tibbs held the "World All-Around Rodeo Champion" title twice, in 1951 and 1955. He also won in 1949, 1951–1954, and 1959, the world saddle bronc riding championship and...
(1929–1990), American rodeo performer and actor - Casey ViatorCasey ViatorCasey Viator was the youngest ever AAU Mr. America - gaining the title at the age of 19 in 1971....
(born 1951), American bodybuilder - Casey WaltersCasey WaltersCasey Walters was an American actor best known for his co-starring role as Sergeant Jim Warren on the 1957-1958 syndicated television series Harbor Command. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Walters was cast at the age of forty-one in all thirty-nine Harbor Command episodes, starring Wendell Corey ...
(1916–1991), American actor - Casey WeldonCasey WeldonWilliam Casey Weldon is a former professional American football player. Weldon is best known for being the quarterback for Florida State in the late-1980s and early-1990s. During his senior season in 1991, Weldon finished runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting to Desmond Howard of Michigan...
(born 1969), former American football player - Casey WilsonCasey WilsonCathryn Rose "Casey" Wilson is an American actress, comedienne and screenwriter. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2008–2009 and currently stars as Penny Hartz in the ABC comedy series Happy Endings....
(born 1980), American actress
Characters
- Casey, a character in the 1888 poem Casey at the BatCasey at the Bat"Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" is a baseball poem written in 1888 by Ernest Thayer. First published in The San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888, it was later popularized by DeWolf Hopper in many vaudeville performances.The poem was originally published...
- Casey, the puppet companion of Mr. DressupMr. DressupMr. Dressup is a Canadian children's television series produced by CBC Television that ran from 1967 to 1996.The series starred Ernie Coombs as Mr. Dressup. The show aired every weekday morning, and each day Mr...
- Casey Connor, a character in the 1998 film The FacultyThe FacultyThe Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodriguez...
played by Elijah Wood - Casey Junior, a locomotive in the 1941 film Dumbo
- Casey KelsoCasey KelsoCasey George Kelso is a fictional character who appeared on the long-running comedy series That '70s Show as the older brother of Michael Kelso. He was played by Luke Wilson.-Fictional character biography:...
, a character in the television series That '70s Show - Casey McDonald (Life with Derek), a character in the television series Life with Derek
- Casey NovakCasey NovakCasey Novak is a fictional character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, portrayed by Diane Neal. She is the only female assistant district attorney to have appeared in five complete seasons in any Law & Order series and the longest-running ADA in the entire franchise.-Character:Casey Novak is a...
, a character in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Casey RybackCasey RybackCasey Ryback is a fictional character and action hero from the Under Siege films of the 1990s. Played by Hollywood action star Steven Seagal, Ryback is a Chief Petty Officer and former Navy SEAL operator turned chef with top training in martial arts, explosives, special-weapons and tactics...
, 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 HughesCasey HughesCasey Robert Hughes is a fictional character on the soap opera As the World Turns. He is the only child of Margo Montgomery and Tom Hughes. He was last played by Zach Roerig from January 18, 2005 to May 2, 2007. Since January 29, 2008, newcomer Billy Magnussen has taken over the role.- Character...
, a character on the soap opera As the World Turns - Casey Rhodes, the Red Ranger in Power Rangers Jungle Fury