Meaning of the nameCezar

Cezar is a male name of Latin origin, a Brazilian spelling of César, from the Roman cognomen Caesar, whose origin is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Cezar is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 21,515
Rank in Brazil: #1,016
Median age: 41 years
2010 Census: 21,285; people

Cezar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cezar, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (4,548 people).

107 women 21,408 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cezar is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cezar in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,210	0.010%
Paraná	3,222	0.028%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,714	0.025%
Minas Gerais	1,792	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	1,588	0.010%
Santa Catarina	1,258	0.017%
Bahia	1,039	0.007%
Pará	790	0.010%
Mato Grosso	617	0.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul	563	0.020%
Goiás	545	0.008%
Pernambuco	528	0.006%
Espírito Santo	389	0.010%
Ceará	332	0.004%
Amazonas	293	0.007%
Rondônia	233	0.015%
Maranhão	230	0.003%
Distrito Federal	225	0.008%
Paraíba	169	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	147	0.005%
Alagoas	140	0.005%
Sergipe	102	0.005%
Tocantins	101	0.007%
Piauí	90	0.003%
Roraima	69	0.011%
Acre	67	0.008%
Amapá	62	0.008%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Cezar

Behind the Name lists Cezar among the Brazilian forms of Caesar, alongside César and Cézar. Wiktionary traces César to the Old Galician-Portuguese Cesar, and this to the Latin Caesar. The origin of the Roman cognomen is uncertain: Behind the Name says it perhaps meant 'hairy', from the Latin caesaries, 'hair', and Wiktionary records several ancient explanations, all doubtful. The name is almost always male and was given most often to people born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,515 people named Cezar, with a median age of 41; proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Wiktionary: César · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Caesar · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Caesar · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Cezar

What does the name Cezar mean?

The meaning of Cezar is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Cezar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 21,515 people with the first name Cezar, which ranks it number 1,016 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Cezar a boy's or a girl's name?

Cezar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 107 women and 21,408 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cezar?

Cezar is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cezar most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.028% of the state's population is named Cezar (3,222 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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