Casey is a common variation of the Irish Gaelic Cathasaigh/Cathaiseach, meaning vigilant or watchful. At least six different septs used this name, primarily in the Counties of Cork and Dublin.
| Language(s) | Old Irish (Anglicized) |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Vigilant or watchful |
| Region of origin | Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Caissie O'Casey O'Cathasaigh MacCasey O'Casaigh |
People with the surname Casey include:
- Adam Casey (disambiguation)
- Al Casey (disambiguation)
- Albert Vincent Casey (1920–2004), United States Postmaster General
- Ann Casey (1938–2021), American professional wrestler
- Anne Casey, New Zealand–trained nurse based in England, developer of Casey's model of nursing
- Bernie Casey (1939–2017), American football player and actor
- Bill Casey (born 1945), Canadian politician
- Bill Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1918–1999), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Bill Casey (Dublin Gaelic footballer) (born 1939), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Bill Casey (Australian footballer) (1872–1915), Australian rules footballer
- Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), Irish rugby union footballer
- Bob Casey Sr. (1932–2000), 42nd Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987–1995
- Bob Casey Jr. (born 1960), his son, US Senator from Pennsylvania, 2007–
- Bob Casey (baseball announcer) (1925–2005), Minnesota Twins baseball announcer
- Bob Casey (third baseman) (1859–1939), Canadian baseball player
- Bob Casey (rugby union) (born 1978), London Irish rugby player
- Bob Casey (musician) (1909–1986), American jazz bassist
- Cathal Casey (born 1967), Irish hurler
- Conor Casey (born 1981), American soccer player
- Cortney Casey (born 5 May 1987), American mixed martial artist
- Dan Casey (baseball) (1862–1943), American baseball player attributed to the poem "Casey at the Bat"
- Daniel Casey (born 1972), English actor
- Daniel Casey (born 1981), screenwriter
- Don Casey, American basketball coach
- Doug Casey (born 1946), American speculator and writer
- Dwane Casey (born 1957), former head coach of the NBA's Detroit Pistons
- Eamonn Casey (1927–2017), Roman Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Galway and Kilmacduagh, Ireland
- Ed Casey (1933–2006), leader of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland
- Eddie Casey (1894–1966), American football player and coach
- Eduardo Casey (1847–1906), Argentine founder of Venado Tuerto
- Edward Pearce Casey (1864–1940), American architect
- E. Owens Blackburne (1848–1894), pen name of Irish writer and novelist Elizabeth Casey
- Eoghan Casey, digital forensics professional
- Francis Dominic Casey (1890–1917), Irish flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service
- Frank Casey, American Negro league pitcher
- George Casey (disambiguation)
- George W. Casey Sr. (1922–1970), major general, United States Army
- George W. Casey Jr. (born 1948), four-star general, US Army, his son
- George Elliott Casey (1850–1903), Canadian journalist and politician
- Gerard Casey (disambiguation)
- Gerard Casey (philosopher) (born 1951), Professor Emeritus at University College Dublin
- Gerard Casey (artist), Irish artist
- Gerard Casey (Irish republican) (died 1989), member Provisional Irish Republican Army
- Harry Wayne Casey (born 1951), American musician
- Hugh Casey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jacqueline Casey (1927–1992) American graphic designer
- James Casey (disambiguation)
- James Casey (American football) (born 1984), American football player
- James E. Casey (1888–1983), American businessman
- Jim Casey (footballer) (born 1957), Scottish (soccer) football player
- Joe Casey, American comic book writer
- John Casey (disambiguation)
- John Casey (academic), British academic
- John Casey (mathematician) (1820–1891), Irish geometer
- John Casey (novelist) (born 1939), American novelist
- John Keegan Casey (1846–1870), Irish poet
- Joseph E. Casey (1898–1980), United States Representative from Massachusetts
- Karan Casey (born 1969), Irish folk singer
- Karen Casey (born 1947), Canadian politician
- Kathleen L. Casey (born 1966), commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Ken Casey (born 1969), bass guitarist and frontman of Dropkick Murphys
- Ken Casey, bass guitarist and vocalist of the Boston punk rock group Dropkick Murphys
- Kenneth Casey (disambiguation), several people, including
- Kenneth Casey (1899–1965), American composer and child actor
- Kenneth J. Casey (died 2020), California real estate investor
- Kenneth L. Casey (born 1935), neurologist
- Kevin Casey (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kevin Casey (fighter) (born 1981), American mixed martial artist
- Kevin Casey (broadcaster) (1976–2017), Irish radio presenter
- Len Casey (born 1953), English rugby league footballer
- Louise Casey, Baroness Casey of Blackstock (born 1965), British government official
- Luis Morgan Casey, American/Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop
- Lyman R. Casey (1837–1914), United States Senator from North Dakota
- Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), Australian pioneer aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
- Marty Casey (born 1973), American rock musician
- Martyn P. Casey (born 1960), Australian rock bass guitarist
- Maurice Casey (1942-2014) British scholar of the New Testament and early Christianity
- Michael Casey (disambiguation)
- Michael Casey (poet) (born 1947), American poet
- Michael Casey (academic), professor of music at Dartmouth College
- Michael E. Casey (1870–1949), American politician and lawyer in Missouri
- Michael James Casey (1918–1944), British bomber pilot
- Michael T. Casey (1902–1997), Irish Dominican priest and chemist
- Mike Casey (labor leader) (born 1958)
- Natalie Casey, English actress
- Oliver Casey (born 2000), English footballer
- Owen Casey (born 1969), Irish tennis player
- Paddy Casey, Irish singer-songwriter
- Pat Casey (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball coach
- Pat Casey (politician) (born 1961/2), Irish politician
- Patricia Casey, Professor of Psychiatry at University College Dublin
- Patrick Casey (disambiguation)
- Patrick Casey (bishop of Brentwood) (Patrick Joseph Casey, 1913–1999), English bishop
- Patrick Casey (bishop of Ross, Ireland), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
- Patrick Casey (rugby union) (Patrick Joseph Casey, born 1941), Irish rugby union player
- Patrick Casey (runner) (born 1990), American middle-distance runner
- Patrick Casey (writer) (born 1978), American writer and actor
- Patrick Casey (white supremacist) (born 1989), American nationalist
- Patrick J. Casey, American biochemist and molecular pharmacologist
- Paul Casey (born 1977), English golfer
- Peter Casey (disambiguation)
- Peter Casey (born 1957), Irish entrepreneur, television personality and politician
- Peter Casey (horse trainer) (c. 1935–2018), Irish horse trainer
- Peter Casey (screenwriter) (born 1950), American television producer and screenwriter
- Peter Casey (hurler) (born 1997), Irish hurler
- Ray Casey (1900–1986), American tennis player and coach
- Raymond Casey (geologist) (1917–2016), British geologist
- Richard Casey (disambiguation)
- Richard Casey (Queensland politician) (1846–1919), pastoralist, horse racing official
- Richard Casey, Baron Casey (1890–1976), Australian Governor-General, politician, diplomat, his son
- Richard C. Casey (1933–2007), U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York
- Robert Casey (disambiguation), several people, including
- Robert Casey (journalist) (1890–1962), American journalist
- Robert E. Casey (1909–1982), Pennsylvania Treasurer 1977–1981
- Robert F. Casey (1921–2006), member of the Illinois House of Representatives
- Robert Gerald Casey (born 1967), American Catholic priest
- Robert K. Casey (1931–2015), member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Robert P. Casey (1932–2000), American politician
- Robert R. Casey (1915–1986), member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
- Ron Casey (disambiguation), several names, including
- Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster) (1927−2000), TV executive and Australian rules football official
- Ron Casey (Sydney broadcaster) (1929−2018), TV presenter and talk-back radio host
- Ron Casey, American drummer of Brain Drill
- Ron Casey (editor) (1951−2000), US Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial writer
- Ron Casey (Canadian politician) (born c. 1950), Alberta, Canada, politician
- Ron Casey (Missouri politician) (1952−2014), state representative
- Samuel Casey (disambiguation), several people including
- Samuel Casey (silversmith) (1723/4–1773), silversmith from Rhode Island
- Samuel Casey (Upper Canada politician) (1788–1857)
- Samuel B. Casey Jr. (1927–2006), president of Pullman Company
- Samuel K. Casey (1817–1871), American politician
- Samuel L. Casey (1821–1902), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- Sean Casey (disambiguation)
- Sean Casey (baseball) (born 1974), baseball player
- Sean Casey (Canadian politician) (born 1963), Canadian politician
- Sean Casey (filmmaker) (born 1967), filmmaker and storm chaser
- Sean Casey (rower) (born 1978), Irish Olympic rower
- Sean Casey (rugby league), rugby league footballer
- Sean Casey (wrestler) (born 1972), American professional wrestler
- Sean Casey, former head of the U.S. State Department's Office of Religion and Global Affairs
- Shaun Casey, American model
- Silas Casey (1807–1882), United States Army officer during the American Civil War
- Solanus Casey (1870–1957), Capuchin priest
- Sophie Casey (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
- Steve Casey (1909–1987), Irish wrestler
- Thomas Casey (disambiguation), several people
- Thomas Casey (Kilmallock MP) (1765–1840), Irish politician
- Thomas Lincoln Casey Sr. (1831–1896), United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. (1857–1925), American expert in coleoptera, his son
- Thomas S. Casey (1832–1891), American judge and politician
- Thomas Worrall Casey (1869–1949), British Liberal Member of Parliament
- Tom Casey (Australian politician) (1921–2003), South Australian MHA and MLC
- Tom Casey (Canadian football) (1924–2002), player for Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- Tom Casey (diplomat), American diplomat
- Tommy Casey (baseball), 19th-century American baseball pitcher
- Tommy Casey (1930–2009), Northern Irish footballer
- Willet Casey (1762–1848), Canadian farmer and political figure
- William Casey (disambiguation)
- William J. Casey, Director of CIA from 1981 to 1987
- Willie Casey (Gaelic footballer) (1932–2016), Irish Gaelic footballer
- Mickey Casey (William Cofer Casey, 1905–1968), American baseball player
- William Casey (bobsleigh) (fl. 1940s), American bobsledder
- Willie Casey (born 1981), Irish professional boxer
- William Casey (bishop) (died 1591), Anglican bishop in Ireland
- Father William Casey, who established Father Casey's GAA in 1884
- William Francis Casey (1884–1957), journalist and editor of The Times
- William H. Casey (born 1955), American professor of chemistry and of geology
- William J. Casey (Massachusetts politician) (1905–1992), American politician
- Zadok Casey (1796–1862), American politician
Fictional characters edit
- Ben Casey, medical drama series which ran on ABC
- Buster "Rant" Casey, a character in the 2007 Chuck Palahniuk novel Rant
- Detective Casey, a character in the Mickey Mouse universe
- John Casey (Chuck), a character in the television series Chuck
- Shane Casey, a character in the television series CSI: NY
- Jared Casey, a character on the soap opera Passions
- Kevin Casey (Scrubs), a character on the medical comedy Scrubs played by Michael J. Fox
- Michael "Iceman" Casey, fictional character in Wing Commander franchise
- Michael Casey (Sons of Anarchy), fictional character
- Sean Casey, character from 1997 motion picture Night Falls on Manhattan
- Kevin Casey, a 2007 character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
See also edit
- Casey (given name)
- O'Casey, a surname
- alternative spelling: Cayce (disambiguation)
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