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View Name: Caesar


CAESAR
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Ancient Roman
PRONOUNCED: SEE-zər (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From a Roman cognomen which possibly meant "hairy", from Latin caesaries "hair". Julius Caesar and his adopted son Julius Caesar Octavianus (commonly known as Augustus) were both rulers of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC. Caesar was used as a title by the emperors that came after them.
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Césaire, César (French), Cesare, Cesarino (Italian), Caesarius (Late Roman), Cezary (Polish), César (Portuguese), Cezar, Cézar (Portuguese (Brazilian)), Cezar (Romanian), César (Spanish)
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