I have tried to search a the meanin of my name and it doesn’t exsist. [name_f]My[/name_f] name ist Kastanzai. I can’t find a website. [name_f]My[/name_f] friends call me [name_f]Kassie[/name_f] for short. But I really wanna know what my full name means. Maybe some of u guys know sth or sth similar.
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My best guess would be that it’s related to the [name_m]Roman[/name_m] name Constans meaning “constant, steadfast” (according to Behind the Name), which is where the name [name_u]Constantine[/name_u] comes from. The Italian feminine form is Costanza—when I googled Kastanzai, I got a couple results for Kastanza, which I’m guessing could be a spelling variation of Costanza. I couldn’t find anything specifically with the “ai” sound at the end though, which leaves something unexplained.
I love etymology but my abilities don’t stretch beyond basic research. Maybe others with more etymological or linguistic knowledge can provide a better answer! [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps anyways.
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Thank you so much !
Welcome @Kassie019, what a cool name!
@SparkleNinja18 has given you a fantastic answer already, which is probably way more on the mark than what my first thought was, but I’ll tell you anyway.
That “kastan”/“castan” sound reminds me of a lot of words in various languages which are linked to chestnuts.
You’ve got Kastanie in [name_m]German[/name_m]; châtaigne, châtain (the colour) and châtaignier (the tree) in [name_u]French[/name_u]; castanea in Latin; κάστανο (kastano) in Greek; castaña in Spanish (where the word castanet — literally “little chestnut” — comes from), etc. etc.
Have you asked your parents about it, if you’re able to? It may be that they heard a sound they liked, either in a word or another name, and decided to put their own spin on it.
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Thank you! And yes I’ve already asked my parents. They said that they like rare names and just made up „Kastanzai“
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Okay, this is very late, but since they just made it up, it would be fun to make up a meaning based on its elements 
. I know they’re all from different languages, but the element Ka means soul, (and it’s ancient egyptian), [name_m]Stan[/name_m] means ‘land of’ (or stone, but stone is from the anglo-saxon element ‘stan’ while land of is from the persian element ‘stan’, and Iran is closer to [name_u]Egypt[/name_u], the origin of Ka) and Zai is chinese meaning ‘located at’ (it also means ‘kill,’ but I figure that ‘located at’ is nicer). So, you could interpret that as ‘the land located at the soul’ or simply ‘the land of the soul’ because you could say that it’s saying that the soul is located at the land.
I dunno, this is just me being stupid and also having quite a bit of fun! (Wow, I feel so british saying ‘quite a bit’ 
) Please ignore me.
(Yes I know that this is utterly nonsense, but since your parents made it up, you might as well create your own meaning!)
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Thanks a lot!
Now I have a better ‚view‘ of the meaning.
-K