Caesar

Where Caesar comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Caesar.

Caesar through the years
  1. 1180
    Caesar of Heisterbach born
    German Cistercian, author
  2. 1616
    Caesar van Everdingen born
    painter from the Northern Netherlands
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1904
    Peak, #587
    15 babies named Caesar, its best rank.
  5. 1905
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Caesar of Heisterbach · German Cistercian, author, 1180–1240
  • Caesar van Everdingen · painter from the Northern Netherlands, 1616–1678
  • Caesar Rodney · American politician, 1728–1784
  • Caesar Augustus Rodney · American politician, 1772–1824
  • Caesar von Hofacker · German Luftwaffe lieutenant-colonel, member of the 20 July 1944 plot, 1896–1944

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.