What Does the Name Cash Mean?

Cash is a boy's name of English (from the surname/occupational name, popularized as a given name) origin meaning “case-maker or box-maker (occupational), also associated with 'money'.”

Updated June 2026

Name	Cash
Gender	male
Origin	English (from the surname/occupational name, popularized as a given name)
Meaning	case-maker or box-maker (occupational), also associated with 'money'
Variants	Cashe, Kash, Cassius (as a longer form)
Popularity	A trendy modern U.S. boys' name that climbed into the top 250-300 in the 2010s-2020s; favored as a short, punchy 'cowboy'-style name.

The meaning and origin of Cash

The name Cash means “case-maker or box-maker (occupational), also associated with 'money'” and has English (from the surname/occupational name, popularized as a given name) origins. Cash originated as an English surname, traditionally an occupational name for a maker of cases or chests (via Old French/Latin 'capsa'). As a given name it surged largely through association with musician Johnny Cash and the everyday word for money.

Variants and related names

Cash is related to several other names you may recognize: Cashe, Kash, Cassius (as a longer form). These share a common root or are spelling and language variants of the same name.

How popular is the name Cash?

A trendy modern U.S. boys' name that climbed into the top 250-300 in the 2010s-2020s; favored as a short, punchy 'cowboy'-style name.

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