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In general, Casey is a common variation of the Gaelic cathasaigh, meaning vigilant or watchful. At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the Counties of Cork and Dublin.

Casey may refer to:

People

• Casey Affleck (born 1975), American actor
• Casey Atwood (born 1980), American racecar driver
• Casey Biggs (born 1955), American actor
• Casey Blake (born 1973), American baseball player
• Casey Cagle (born 1966), American politician
• Casey Calvert (1981-2007), American rhythm guitarist for Hawthorne Heights
• Casey Daigle (born 1981), American baseball player
• Casey Dellacqua (born 1985), Australian tennis player
• Casey Desmond (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
• Casey Donovan (actor) (1943-1987), American pornographic actor
• Casey Donovan (singer) (born 1988), Australian singer
• Casey Ellison (born 1975), American actor
• Casey Fossum (born 1978), American baseball player
• Casey Jones (1863-1900), American railroad engineer
• Casey Kasem (born 1932), American radio personality
• Casey Kotchman (born 1983), American baseball player
• Casey Martin (born 1972), American golfer
• Casey Mears (born 1978), American racecar driver
• Casey Nicholaw (born 1962), American theatre director
• Casey Patton (born 1974), Canadian boxer
• Casey Reinhardt (born 1986), American actress
• Casey Roberts (1901-1949), American set decorator
• Casey Royer (born 1958), American musician
• Casey Sander (born 1956), American actor
• Casey Spooner (born 1970), American artist
• Casey Stengel (1890-1975), American baseball player
• Casey Stoner (born 1985), Australian motorcyclist
• Casey Tibbs (1929-1990), American rodeo performer and actor
• Casey Viator (born 1951), American bodybuilder
• Casey Walters (1916-1991), American actor
• Casey Wilson (born 1980), American actress

Places

Antarctica

• Casey Station

Australia

• Casey, Australian Capital Territory
• City of Casey, Melbourne
• Division of Casey, electoral district for the House of Representatives

United States

• Casey, Illinois, a city in Clark County
• Casey, Iowa
• Casey County, Kentucky

Fiction

• Buster "Rant" Casey, fictional character in the 2007 Chuck Palahniuk novel Rant
• "Casey", fictional character in the 1888 poem Casey at the Bat
• "Casey", the Japanese name for Abra, one of the three fictional species of Pokémon
• "Casey", the puppet companion of Mr. Dressup
• Casey Connor, fictional character in the 1998 film The Faculty played by Elijah Wood
• Casey Junior, locomotive in the 1941 film Dumbo
• Casey Kelso, fictional character in the television series That '70s Show
• Casey McDonald, fictional character in the television series Life with Derek
• Casey Novak, fictional character in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Casey Ryback, fictional character in the Under Siege films played by Steven Seagal
• Casey Shraeger, fictional character in the television series The Unusuals
• Detective Casey, fictional character in the Mickey Mouse universe
• John Casey (Chuck), fictional character in the television series Chuck

Music

• Casey (song), 2008 song by Darren Hayes from the album This Delicate Thing We've Made
• Casey's Song, 2005 song by City and Colour from the album Sometimes

Other uses

• Casey (typeface), a sans-serif typeface developed by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation for use in its railway system
• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld limited abortion rights

See also

• Casey (surname)
• Cayce
• Keysi
• O'Casey (surname)

References

• Surname DB
• Irish Family Names
• The Casey Clan

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaig (“‘descendant of (a person named) Watchful’”).

• Also the nickname of an American folk hero "Casey" Jones, from his home town Cayce in Kentucky.

Proper noun

Casey

1. A surname.
2. A male given name.
3. A female given name.

From Wikispecies

U.S. entomologist (1857-1925)

Reference

Bulletin AMNH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Casey, Thomas Lincoln