Caesar's name

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Larrysmile1 is wrong. Caesar his real name, name, it only later came to mean king or Emperour, the name evolved into Kaiser in Germany and Czar in Russia Most Roman Male Names had three basic parts: the Praenomen, the Nomen, and the Cognomen.
THE PRAENOMEN - This form of personal "first" name was relatively unimportant, and was rarely used on its own. It was the first name element in the three part "Tria Nomina" naming convention used by citizens of Rome. The Praenomen was frequently the same as the father's. The nomen was termed as the "Nomen-Gentilicum" and was the family name of the "gens" or clan and almost always ended in "-ius". It was the second of the three names normally adopted by a Roman Citizen.
THE COGNOMEN - The cognomen was the third of the three names of a Roman Citizen. It was a nickname or personal name. Caesar was supposed to mean "Hairy"
The PRAENOMEN was rarely used, Caesarwould have been referred to as "Julius" or more formally as "Julius Caesar"