Given name & surname · also Dutch
Keiser
Keiser is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.
Original GermanKaiser
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Keiser comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keiser through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59
- 59 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,271 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.
Keiser’s family of names
In German usage, Keiser as a surname has a related form in Kaiser. In English usage, Keiser as a surname has a related form in Keyser.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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