Cesar
Meaning of Cesar
Breathed as SEE-zahr in English or the softer SEH-sahr upon Spanish lips, Cesar drifts westward from the Latin cognomen “Caesar,” once woven around the temples of Julius like a laurel crown and signifying, by tangled scholarly roots, either “long-haired” or “hewn at birth.” The name moves today with the disciplined grace of a samurai’s katana slicing morning mist: pared, gleaming, never hurried, yet unmistakably authoritative. Parents in the United States have felt its steady pulse for more than a century—rising toward the mid-century quiet, swelling to the late-2000s crescendo near the Top 150, then ebbing into the present mid-300s—much like the rhythmic tide along a moonlit coast at Kamakura. Carrying imperial Rome’s marble gravitas, the fiery resonance of Latin America, and the clear, minimalist beauty prized in Japanese aesthetics, Cesar offers a son a bridge between epochs and continents, suggesting a future in which leadership is tempered by elegance, ambition by stillness, and power by the fleeting perfume of springtime sakura.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as SEE-zahr (/ˈsiːzər/)
Spanish
- Pronunced as SEH-sahr (/seɪˈsɑr/)
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Notable People Named Cesar
| Cesar Chavez - Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor and civil rights leader who co-founded the union that became the United Farm Workers, blending left-wing politics with Catholic social teachings. |
| Cesar Millan is a Mexican American dog trainer best known for Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, which ran from 2004 to 2012 and aired in over 80 countries. |
| Cesar Romero was an American actor with a career of nearly 60 years across film, radio, and television, best known as the first Joker on the 1960s Batman TV series. |
| César Cielo - Cesar Cielo is a Brazilian former sprint swimmer and the most successful in Brazilian history, with three Olympic medals, six individual world titles, and two world records. |
| César Franck - Cesar Franck was a Belgian-born French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher. |
| César Vallejo - Cesar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist whose innovative work made him one of the 20th century’s most acclaimed poets and a member of Trujillo’s North Group. |
| César Acuña - Controversial Peruvian politician and education entrepreneur Cesar Acuña Peralta founded and leads the Alliance for Progress, the first provincial-origin party to gain national popularity since its 2001 founding. |
| César Pelli - Argentine-American architect Cesar Pelli designed landmark skyscrapers including the Petronas Towers, the World Financial Center in New York City, and Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, earning the AIA Gold Medal and a CTBUH lifetime achievement award. |
| César Cedeño - Cesar Cedeno is a Dominican former MLB center fielder and coach best known for his years with the Houston Astros, helping the team win its first NL West title and postseason berth in 1980. |
| César Milstein - Cesar Milstein was an Argentine biochemist and 1984 Nobel laureate who co developed the hybridoma method to produce monoclonal antibodies. |
| César Montes - Cesar Montes is a Mexican center back for Lokomotiv Moscow and the Mexico national team. |
| César Isella - Cesar Isella was an Argentine folk singer and songwriter, a member of Los Fronterizos, a key figure of the New Songbook movement, mentor to Soledad Pastorutti, and composer of Cancion con todos, often called the Latin American anthem. |
| César Rodríguez - Cesar Rodriguez Alvarez, known as Cesar, was a Spanish footballer and manager. |
| César Izturis - Cesar Izturis is a Venezuelan former MLB shortstop who played 13 seasons for nine teams and is the half brother of Maicer Izturis. |
| César Martín - Cesar Martin Villar is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender. |
