Caesar
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin Caesar, of rare usage.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Caesar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Caesar has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 19 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2008 | 23 |
| 2009 | 24 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 40 |
| 2000 | 45 |
| 2001 | 54 |
| 2002 | 63 |
| 2003 | 71 |
| 2004 | 85 |
| 2005 | 97 |
| 2006 | 113 |
| 2007 | 130 |
| 2008 | 152 |
| 2009 | 176 |
| 2010 | 193 |
| 2011 | 205 |
| 2012 | 222 |
| 2013 | 233 |
| 2014 | 246 |
| 2015 | 259 |
| 2016 | 280 |
| 2017 | 287 |
| 2018 | 296 |
| 2019 | 305 |
| 2020 | 314 |
Caesar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Caesar.Hi! My name is Caesar.
- Har du träffat Caesar? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Caesar? He started working here on Monday.
- Caesar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Caesar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Caesars mamma är lärare.Caesar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Caesars mamma is Caesar's mum.
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Questions about Caesar
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What does the name Caesar mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin Caesar, of rare usage.
How popular is Caesar in Sweden?
6 babies were named Caesar in 2022. In 2020, 314 people in Sweden had Caesar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2009 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.