Casimir

Casimir / Kazimierz
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	kazić ("to destroy") + mir ("peace, someone's prestige")
Other names
Alternative spelling	Casimiro; Kazimír; Kasimir; Kažimir; Kázmér; Казимир; Kazimieras
Variant form(s)	Casimira (f), Kazimiera (f)
	http://www.behindthename.com/name/casimir

Casimir, an English, French and Latin form of the Polish name Kazimierz. It may mean "someone who destroys opponent's prestige/glory during battle", and be derived from the Slavic elements: kazić "to destroy" and mir "peace, prestige, world". Also, some researches translate this name as "the one who reveals or establishes peace". Some sources give the meaning as "proclamation of peace". Several Polish kings have borne this name, including Casimir III the Great and Saint Casimir, a patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. The name was imported into Western Europe via Germany, where it was borne by some royalty. Feminine forms are: Casimira, Kazimiera.

List of variations

Croat: Kažimir
Czech: Kazimír
Esperanto: Kazimiro
German: Kasimir
Hungarian: Kázmér
Italian: Casimiro
Lithuanian: Kazimieras
Russian: Казимир
Slovak: Kazimír
Slovene: Kazimir
Spanish: Casimiro
Swedish: Casimir
Ukrainian: Казимир

Royalty

Casimir I of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz Odnowiciel (the Restorer) (1015–1058)
Casimir II of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy (the Just) (1138–1194)
Casimir III of Poland, Polish name Kazimierz Wielki (the Great) (1310–1370)
Casimir IV Jagiellon, Polish name Kazimierz Jagielończyk, Lithuanian name Kazimieras I Jogailaitis (1427–1492)
Casimir I, Duke of Pomerania-Demmin (after 1130–1180)
Casimir II, Duke of Pomerania-Demmin (c. 1180–1219)
Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (1348–1372)
Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania-Stolp (1351–1377)
Saint Casimir (1458–1484), patron saint of Lithuania and Poland

People with name Casimir, Kazimir, etc.

Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Johann Casimir of Simmern (1543–1592)
Casimir, Comte de Montrond (1768–1843)
John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern was a regent of the Electoral Palatinate from 1583 to 1592
Casimiro de Abreu, a Brazilian poet and novelist, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement
Kázmér Batthyány, a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Kasimir Bileski, Canadian philatelist and stamp dealer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Casimir Bizimungu, former Rwandan politician
Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, a Minister-President of the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1895 until 1897
Casimir Delavigne, French poet and dramatist
Casimiro Díaz, Spanish friar, of the Augustinian order (vows in 1710), who accompanied the first Spanish expedition to the Cordillera
Casimir Dudevant, French nobleman
Casimir Ehrnrooth, Finnish magnate, former chairman of Nokia Corporation
Casimir Funk (Kazimierz Funk), Polish biochemist. A son of Polish Jews, he was generally credited with the first formulation of the concept of vitamins in 1912, which he called vital amines or vitamines
Casimiro Gennari, Italian Cardinal
Kasimir Graff, German astronomer
Jean Casimir Félix Guyon, French surgeon and urologist born on Ile-Bourbon (Réunion)
Kazimír Gajdoš, former Slovak footballer
Casimir Gzowski (1813–1898), engineer and acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
Casimir Lefaucheux, a French gunsmith
Casimir Lewy, Polish-born British philosopher
Casimir Liberski, Belgian jazz musician who plays piano and electric keyboard
Casimir Loxsom, American middle distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres
Kazimir Malevich, pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the Avant-garde Suprematist movement
Casimir Ney, French composer and one of the foremost violists of the 19th century
Casimir Oyé-Mba, Gabonese politician
Casimir Pierre Perier, French statesman, President of the Council during the July Monarchy
Casimir Pilenas, private investigator, a British intelligence agent, and a "spotter" for Scotland Yard
Casimir Pulaski, Polish soldier, member of the Polish nobility and politician who has been called "the father of American cavalry"
Casimir Reuterskiöld, Swedish sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
Kazimir Sas, Australian film and television actor. Known for his work on children's television series such as Time Trackers, Parallax and The Gift
Casimir Stapko (1913–2006), portrait painter
Kazimir Strzepek, cartoonist living in Seattle Washington
Casimir Zagourski (Polish: Kazimierz Zagórski), pioneering photographer of Central African peoples and customs
Casimir Zeglen, pastor and inventor of a bullet resistant cloth

People with name Kazimierz

Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, a Polish philosopher and logician
Kazimierz Bartel, a Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland three times between 1926 and 1930
Kazimierz Brandys, a Polish essayist and writer of film scripts
Kazimierz Brodziński, an important Polish Romantic poet
Kazimierz Deyna, a Polish football player, one of the best marksmen in the history of world football
Kazimierz Fabrycy, a Polish general. Fabrycy was a member of the Polish Legions in World War I, and fought in the Polish Soviet War
Kazimierz Fajans, an American physical chemist of Polish origin and a pioneer in the science of radioactivity.
Kazimierz Górecki, a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s
Kazimierz Konopka, Polish activist
Kazimierz Kord, a Polish conductor
Kazimierz Kuratowski, a Polish mathematician and logician. He was one of the leading representatives of the Warsaw School of Mathematics
Kazimierz Kutz, a Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives of the Polish Film School and a deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, a Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 31 October 2005 to 14 July 2006. He was a member of the Law and Justice party (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS)
Kazimierz Michałowski, a Polish archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of Nubiology
Kazimierz Orlik-Łukoski, a Polish military commander and one of the Generals of the Polish Army murdered by the Soviet Union in the Katyń massacre of 1940
Kazimierz Plater, a Polish chess master
Kazimierz Poniatowski, a Polish Szlachcic, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), generał wojsk koronnych. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
Kazimierz Prószyński, a Polish inventor active in the field of cinema. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph (in Polish spelling: Pleograf), before the Lumière brothers, and later went on to improve the cinema projector for the Gaumont company, as well as invent the widely used hand-held Aeroscope camera.
Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, a Polish poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer. He was a member of the Young Poland movement
Kazimierz Sabbat, was President of Poland in Exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving (from 1976) as Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, was the first Polish poet to become widely celebrated abroad [1], and the most popular Polish author before Henryk Sienkiewicz.
Kazimierz Serocki, a Polish composer and one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festiwal
Kazimierz Siemienowicz, a General of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, artillery specialist and pioneer of rocketry
Kazimierz Sosnkowski, a Polish independence fighter, politician and Polish Army general
Kazik Staszewski, a Polish rock musician, leader of the band Kult
Kazimierz Świtalski, a Polish officer, politician, and a Prime Minister of Poland.
Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, a Polish politician
Kazimierz de Weydlich, a Polish chess master.

People with surname Casimir

Artur von Casimir (1907–2005), a German pilot
Auguste Casimir-Perier, a French diplomat. He was the son of Casimir Pierre Perier and the father of President Jean Casimir-Perier
Ernst Casimir, was count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.
Jean Casimir-Perier, a French politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic
Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), a Dutch physicist

Other

Casimir, the cult character of the French TV show "l'Île aux enfants".

External links

http://www.behindthename.com/name/casimir

# Baby name meanings website.[[2]]
# * Mireles, J. p.34. The Worldwide Books of Names.[[3]]
# * Wiktionary entry: Caisimir [[4]]

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