Given name & surname
Cesare
“an emperor; having a full head of hair”
Cesare is a variant of Caesar. One Latin interpretation is “an emperor; having a full head of hair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cesare is a variant of Caesar. One Latin interpretation is “an emperor; having a full head of hair.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cesare through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 676
- 676 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,377 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −54%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,377 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 812 as a first name in 2020; 959 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cesare’s family of names
In Italian usage, Cesare has a diminutive in CESARINO. In Italian usage, Cesare has a later derivative in CESARINI. Cesare has a related form in Caesar.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cesare has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cesare
- Cesare PaveseItalian writer, literary critic, and translator (1908–1950)
- Cesare BorgiaDuke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal1475–1507
- Cesare Beccariajurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)
- Cesare LombrosoItalian psychiatrist, physician, and criminologist (1835-1909)
- Cesare MaldiniItalian footballer and manager (1932-2016)
- Caesar BaroniusItalian cardinal and ecclesiastical historian (1538–1607)
- Cesare ZavattiniItalian screenwriter (1902–1989)
- Cesare BovoItalian association football playerborn 1983
- Cesare BalboItalian writer and statesman (1789-1853)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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