Caesar (given name)

Caesar

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin: Caesar
Meaning	short hair, Gaius Julius "Caesar" nickname
Region of origin	Etruria and then Roman Empire, Europe
Other names
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.