Casa

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Casa is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Caesa, Cäsa, Casà, Casá, Čäsã

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Casà, Čása, Čaša

• a separate name6 spellings in the group

  Also written Casá, Cåsã, Çasa, Čãsă, Čãså

• Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy

  Also written Casa'

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Casa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, do lat. casa, moradia; também de construtor de casas ou oriundo de localidades homônimas

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Portuguese, house, home

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

• In Irish, nominative/vocative/dative and strong genitive plural of cas

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Romanian, definite nominative/accusative singular of casă

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, third-person singular past historic of caser

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Giacomo Casab. 1827ITItalian painter, ca. 1835-1887
• Isabella Palumbo Fossatib. 1901not in their usual nameauthor (20th century)
• Victorio Casab. 1943ARArgentinian association football player (1943-2013)
• Marzio Casab. 1955ITItalian film director and screenwriter
• Christophe Casab. 1957FRFrench tennis player
• Jean-Michel Casab. 1957FRFrench diplomat
• Federico Casab. 1967ITauthor (1967-)
• David Casab. 1968MTMaltese politician
• Maximiliano Casab. 1993ARArgentinian association football player
• Demetrio Casa OrtegaESSpanish politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Casa mean, and where does it come from?

house Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

In which country does Casa have the most bearers?

In Ecuador, the national register counted about 7.1 thousand people named Casa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled casa.

Where is Casa most common?

Casa is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.4 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Casa?

In Ecuador, the national register counted 7,136 people named Casa in 2024, about 1 in 2.4 thousand residents.