Boy · Latin
Caesar
Say it: SEE-zur
Meaning
Uncertain. Ancient writers proposed caesaries 'head of hair', caesus 'cut (from the womb)', and a Moorish word for 'elephant'; none is proven, and the Caesarean-birth story is a folk explanation.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
A cognomen of the Julii that became an imperial title; Cesare and César became given names in Renaissance Italy and the Spanish-speaking world.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1900s
In the United States
- 5,210 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1904, about 1 in 8,500 boys
- 45 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Cesare |
|---|---|
| Spanish | César |
| French | César |
| Portuguese | César |
Famous bearers
- Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman dictator
- Cesare Borgia
- César Chávez, American labour leader
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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