Given name & surname
Czar
“an emperor”
Czar is used as a given name and a surname. One Russian interpretation is “an emperor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Russian interpretation is “an emperor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Czar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 229
- 229 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,888 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +33%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,888 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 233 as a first name in 2020; 310 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.
Czar’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Czar shares an earlier linguistic root with César.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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