Caesar (given name)
| Caesar | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin: Caesar |
| Meaning | short hair, Gaius Julius "Caesar" nickname |
| Region of origin | Etruria and then Roman Empire, Europe |
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| Related names | César, Cesar, Cèsar, Zésar, Cesare |
Caesar is a masculine given name.The most widespread interpretation does it come from the cognomen Roman Caesar, taken from the Latin caesaries ( "Hair", "mop") and the possible meaning of "individual bushy hair", but the name has Etruscan origin, latinized to Caesar, Caisar = Caesar, Cere (Caisr = Cere or Caere), "Cerveteri" was the Etruscan city. The most famous of the Roman name means "citizen of (the etruscan) Caere"
Notable people with the name include:
- Caesar Cardini (1896–1956), Italian hotel owner, restaurateur, and chef in Tijuana, Mexico
- Caesar Lvovich Kunikov (1909–1943), officer in the Soviet Union
- "Caesar" Li Mao, member of Mandopop boy band Top Combine
- Caesar Rodney (1728–1784), signer of the American Declaration of Independence 1776
- Caesar Takeshi, Japanese kickboxer
- Caesar von Hofacker (1896–1944), member of the German Resistance
See also
- Caesar (disambiguation), for people known by the title "Caesar" or with Caesar as a nickname
- Cesar Romero (1907–1994), Cuban-American film and television actor
- Cesar, Spanish, Portuguese and French form name.
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