Cesare
Fewer than fifty men in Poland carry it, and none were born last year: most Poles have never met one. An Italian name rooted in Latin, meaning "head of hair".
Cesare Pronunciation
Cesare is pronounced tse-SAH-re (/t͡sɛˈsarɛ/).
What Cesare means
Where Cesare comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Cesare is the Italian form of the Latin Caesar. Roman grammarians explained the cognomen through caesaries, their word for a thick head of hair, and claimed the first man to bear it was born with one. The short meaning kept here follows that old account: hairy, a full head of hair.
The name traveled far from that explanation. Cesare Borgia wore it through Renaissance Italy as a soldier and cardinal. Cesare Beccaria brought it into law, writing "Dei delitti e delle pene" in 1764, the book arguing against torture and the death penalty. One name, two very different Italian lives.
In a Polish class register, Cesare stands out among the Cezarys and would draw a second look at the urząd. The link to Latin caesaries stays visible in the spelling.
How many people are named Cesare
1 in 508243 men in Poland is named Cesare. 42 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5924 among male names.
Cesare as a middle name
Cesare is a first name for 42 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, a 67/33 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1916th, between Carmelo (21) and Dat (21).
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#1914 Brendon21
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#1915 Carmelo21
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#1916 Cesare21
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#1917 Dat21
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#1918 Demetriusz21