Case - Meaning of Case

What does Case mean?

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Case

[ 1 syll. ca-se, cas-e ] The baby boy name Case is pronounced KaeZ- †. Case's origin is Latin, Celtic, and Slavonic, and its use, English and Irish. From Latin roots, its meaning is 'from the home or dwelling place'.

In addition, Case is a contracted form (English and Irish) of the English Casey.

Case is also a contracted form of the English and German Casimir.

Derivatives of Case include the name Cace, the English Cayce, and the English Cayse.

See also the related categories, english, latin, celtic, home, and irish.

Case is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. At the modest height of its usage in 2014, 0.030% of baby boys were named Case. It was #467 in rank then. In 2018, it ranked at #506 with a usage of 0.029%, and it was the most popular within all boy names in its family. Case was used 20% more than the next ranked name, Casey, in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Case include Caz, Kaz, Cac, Cace, Cach, Cache, Cack, Cai, Caill, Cais, Caisey, Caj, Cak, Cas, Cash, Cass, Caw, Cay, Cayce, and Cayse.

† Pronunciation for Case: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"