By Sound
Cassandra (kuh-SAN-druh) — KAI/KA + SHAN captures the CAS-SAN core; SHAN-duo captures the -SANDRA ending.
By Meaning
Greek prophetess of Troy — she who saw the truth that no one believed. Her curse was clarity in a world that preferred comfortable lies.
By Spirit
Troy's Cassandra vindicated too late, Cassandra Clare's intricate world-building. Throughline: sees things others miss, complexity beneath beauty, vindicated in the end.