CAESAR Origin of surname
CAESAR
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a Gentile or vernacular personal name.
This Jewish family name is derived from Greek and Roman names. The Jewish surname Caesar is derived from Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), the Roman general and statesman, whose name became Zaesar/Kaiser in German, and Czar, Tsar and Zar in Slavic. The Hebrew equivalent is Keisar/Kessar. In some cases, family names related to Keisar are toponymics (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. This surname is associated with the Turkish city and province of Kayseri/Kaisaria, whose ancient name was Caesarea Mazaca, and with several places in Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq and Israel called Qasr/Kasr, the Arabic for "fort/palace", the most famous being Qasr/Kasr Ibn Hubayrah, a town south of the ruins of ancient Babylon, near Baghdad, Iraq; with Kaiserswerth, a district of Duesseldorf on the Rhine, western Germany; or with Kaysersberg, a village in eastern France. In the 20th century, Caesar is recorded as a Jewish family name with the American lyricist Irving Caesar and the American entertainer Sid Caesar.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from a Gentile or vernacular personal name.
This Jewish family name is derived from Greek and Roman names. The Jewish surname Caesar is derived from Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), the Roman general and statesman, whose name became Zaesar/Kaiser in German, and Czar, Tsar and Zar in Slavic. The Hebrew equivalent is Keisar/Kessar. In some cases, family names related to Keisar are toponymics (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives. This surname is associated with the Turkish city and province of Kayseri/Kaisaria, whose ancient name was Caesarea Mazaca, and with several places in Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq and Israel called Qasr/Kasr, the Arabic for "fort/palace", the most famous being Qasr/Kasr Ibn Hubayrah, a town south of the ruins of ancient Babylon, near Baghdad, Iraq; with Kaiserswerth, a district of Duesseldorf on the Rhine, western Germany; or with Kaysersberg, a village in eastern France. In the 20th century, Caesar is recorded as a Jewish family name with the American lyricist Irving Caesar and the American entertainer Sid Caesar.