Cesare
Cesare is a boy name of Italian origin, meaning Long-haired; emperor.
What Cesare means
Long-haired; emperor.
Cesare sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Cesare comes from
Italian names preserve Latin forms more directly than most European languages, often keeping the original vowel endings that other languages dropped.
Cesare is recorded as Italian in origin. Browse other Italian names.
How popular is Cesare?
Cesare sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Cesare
We group Cesare under royalty and rule and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Cesare
These share Cesare's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Charles — Free man.
- Henry — Ruler of the home.
- William — Resolute protector.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.
- Charlotte — Free; petite and feminine.
- Edward — Wealthy guardian.
- Frederick — Peaceful ruler.
- Julius — Youthful; downy-bearded.
- Lawrence — Crowned with laurel.
- Octavian — The eighth-born.
More Italian names
- Capri — Of the isle; free-spirited.
- Chiara — Bright, clear, light.
- Bianca — White, pure.
- Cosimo — Order; beauty.
- Antonella — Priceless; praiseworthy.
- Dante — Enduring and steadfast.
- Angelo — Angel; a messenger.
- Dario — Wealthy; one who holds firm.
- Allegra — Joyful and lively.
- Donatella — Given by God.