Kayser (surname)
Kayser is a surname derived from the German imperial title Kaiser. The title Kaiser is in turn derived from the Latin title Caesar, which again is a derivation from the personal name of a branch of the gens Julia, to which belonged Gaius Julius Caesar, the forebear of the first Roman 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 is an Arabic version.
- :de:Karl Ludwig Kayser|Karl Ludwig Kayser, German philologist and classical scholar
- Adolph H. Kayser, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Allan Kayser, American actor
- Alois Kayser, German missionary
- Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player
- Bernhard Kayser, German ophthalmologist.
- Carl Gangolf Kayser, Austrian architect
- Charles Willy Kayser, German film actor
- Emanuel Kayser, German geologist
- Éric Kayser, French baker and food writer
- Fredrik Kayser, Norwegian resistance member during World War II
- Fredrik A. Kayser, Norwegian furniture designer
- Heinrich Kayser, German physicist
- Heinrich Ernst Kayser, German violin pedagogue
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Kayser, mine manager in Tasmania, Australia
- Leif Kayser, Danish composer and organist
- Mark Kayser, American TV personality
- Oliver Kayser, Austrian fencer
- Ralph Kayser German medical specialist in orthopedics
- Renato Kayser, Brazilian football player
- Robert Kayser, German industrialist and banker
