Acacia - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Acacia \a-ca-cia\ is pronounced a-KAY-shah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "thorny tree". Name of the flower related to the mimosa. The plant was named in the 16th century with the Latin form "acacia" of Greek "akakia". Biblical: acacia wood was used to build the Arc of the Covenant. Sometimes, Keisha is considered a short form of this name.

Acacia has 14 variant forms: Cacia, Cacie, Casey, Casha, Casia, Cassie, Cassy, Caysha, Kacey, Kacie, Kasey, Kasi, Kassja and Kassy.

Baby names that sound like Acacia are Agacia, Agace and Akosia.

Acacia is a very rare female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Acacia. Click here to compare Acacia with related baby names.