Kayser is a surname derived from the German imperial title ''
Kaiser'' (English:
emperor
An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
). The title ''Kaiser'' is in turn derived from the Latin title ''
Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, an ...
'', which again is a derivation from the personal name of a branch of the ''gens'' (clan)
Julia
Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e.g ...
, to which belonged
Gaius Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
, the forebear of the first
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
imperial family. The
further etymology is unclear.
Other names with the same origin are
Kaiser and
Keiser, and
Kiser;
Keyser is more common as a Dutch spelling,
Kiser is more common in Sweden and the United States, and
Qaisar
Qaisar ( ar, قيصر) is the Arabic version of the name Caesar and it is used as a given name in Arabia. The Roman and later Byzantine emperors were called ''Qaisar-e-Rum'' (Caesar of Rome) by the Arabs and Persians. The Ottoman Sultans also ...
is an Arabic version.
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Karl Ludwig Kayser (1808-1872), German philologist and classical scholar
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Adolph H. Kayser (1851–1925), Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Allan Kayser (born 1963), American actor
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Alois Kayser (1877–1944), German missionary
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Benjamin Kayser (born 1984), French rugby player
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Bernhard Kayser (1869–1954), German ophthalmologist.
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Carl Gangolf Kayser
Carl Gangolf Kayser (or Carl Gangolph Kaiser; born 12 February 1837, in Vienna; died 2 September 1895) was an Austrian architect at the service of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, during the Second Mexican Empire. In the later part of his life he r ...
(1837–1895), Austrian architect
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Charles Willy Kayser
Charles Willy Kayser (28 January 1881 – 10 July 1942) was a German film actor.
He was born in Metz, Lorraine, Germany (now, Moselle, France) and died at the age of 61 in 1942.
Selected filmography
* '' Anita Jo'' (1919)
* '' The Clan'' (192 ...
(1881–1942), German film actor
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Emanuel Kayser
Friedrich Heinrich Emanuel Kayser (March 26, 1845November 29, 1927) was a German geologist and palaeontologist, born in Königsberg.
He was educated at the universities of Halle, Heidelberg and Berlin, where in 1871 he qualified as a lecturer in ...
(1845–1927), German geologist
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Éric Kayser (born 1964), French baker and food writer
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Fredrik Kayser (1918–2009), Norwegian resistance member during World War II
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Fredrik A. Kayser (1924–1968), Norwegian furniture designer
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Heinrich Kayser
Heinrich Gustav Johannes Kayser ForMemRS (; 16 March 1853 – 14 October 1940) was a German physicist and spectroscopist.
Biography
Kayser was born at Bingen am Rhein. Kayser's early work was concerned with the characteristics of acoustic wav ...
(1853–1940), German physicist
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Heinrich Ernst Kayser (1815–1888), German violin pedagogue
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Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Kayser (1833–1919), mine manager in Tasmania, Australia
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Hugo von Kayser (1873–1949), German general
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Leif Kayser
Leif Kayser (13 June 1919, in Copenhagen – 15 June 2001) was a Danish composer and organist.
He was the son of geographer Olaf Ivar Monrad Kayser (1893–1928) and Hedwig Martha Nick (1877–1972).
Kayser began studies at the Royal Danish Acad ...
(1919–2001), Danish composer and organist
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Mark Kayser, American TV personality
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Max Kayser (1853–1888), German politician
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Max Kayser (born 1918), German violinist
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Oliver Kayser (born 1973), Austrian fencer
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Ralph Kayser German medical specialist in orthopedics
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Renato Kayser (born 1996), Brazilian football player
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Robert Kayser (1805–1877), German industrialist and banker
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Occupational surnames
German-language surnames