Cesar Family History
Cesar Name Meaning
Spanish Portuguese French and West Indian (mainly Haiti) (César): from the personal name César itself from the famous Roman surname (see Caesar ). At least in the West Indies this can also be a nickname from French césar ‘emperor’. Galician and Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called Cesar from various origins. Slovenian and Croatian: from cesar ‘emperor’ a word of Latin origin (see Caesar ) applied as a nickname for a person who behaved in an imperious manner or for someone in the service of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022