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 [ 2 syll. cae-sar, ca-es-ar ] The boy name Caesar is pronounced as SIYZer KEY. Caesar is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Latin. The name is of the meaning he who was cut out of the womb, he with a head of hair, blue-grey color. Caesar (Latin) and Cäsarius (Germanic) are original forms of Caesar. The first name is from the Roman family name, of which the most famous members were Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44BC) and his adopted son Julius Caesar Octavianus (63BC-14AD), commonly known as Augustus. The term Caesar was also used as a title by Roman emperors and Ottoman Turkish emperors. The meaning of the name is uncertain, but a popular interpretation is 'he who was cut out of the womb' from the Latin 'caedere' (to cut, to excise), or else it could be associated with the Latin 'caesaries' (head of hair) or 'caesius' (blue-grey color). The name Cesira (Italian) is the female version of Caesar. Caesar has 20 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Caesar used in English include Arek (used in Polish too), Caesarius, Cesar (used in German and Spanish too), Cesare (used in Italian too), Seasar, and Sezar. Foreign variants of Caesar include Casar (Slavic), Cäsar (German), Cecha (Spanish), Cesaire (French), Cesareo (Spanish), Cesario (Spanish), Cezar (Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Slavic), Cezary (Polish), Cezek (Polish), César (French, Portuguese, and Spanish), Kaiser (German and Slavic), Kesar (Russian and Ukrainian), Sarito (Spanish), and Tsar (Russian). Caesar is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1904 with 0.011% of baby boys being given the name Caesar. Its ranking then was #589. The baby name has since experienced a substantial fall in popularity, and is currently of infrequent use. In 2008, among the group of boy names directly linked to Caesar, Cesar (English, German, and Spanish) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Caesar include Cesar (English, German, and Spanish), César (French, Portuguese, and Spanish), Ceri (Welsh), Cezar (Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, and Slavic), Ciro (Spanish and Italian), Saagar (Indian), Sachar (Russian), Sagar (Indian), Sawyer (English), Seasar (English), Sekar (Indian), Serhiy (Russian), Sezar (English), Shakir (Arabic), Shiro, Shura (Russian), Sieffre (Welsh), Siro (Italian), Sorley (Irish), and Cezary (Polish). Details of famous persons named Caesar: KEY: Pronunciation for Caesar: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
