Cassar

Cassar is a Maltese surname.

According to Maltese linguist Dr. Mario Cassar, the surname is of Arabic origin, as a result of the Muslim period of Malta.

There are various other proposed origins of the surname.

It may be traced back to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, incorporating the island of Sicily itself, the area around Naples, and the southern part of the Italian peninsula. The surname Cassar may have derived from the given name "Cesare," and further back from the Roman family name "Caesar." In Classical antiquity, the name "Caesar" was associated by folk etymology with the Latin word "caesaries" (meaning head of hair). The Maltese Cassar coat of arms has the Latin word "SPES" (meaning "hope") inscribed on it.