Casimir is a Latin version of the Polish male name Kazimierz (Polish pronunciation: [ka'ʑi.mjeʂ]). The original Polish feminine form is Kazimiera, in Latin and other languages rendered as Casimira. It has two possible meanings: "preacher of peace" or alternatively "destroyer of peace". There is some debate as to the origin of the prefix, as it could be from the Polish "kazac" (meaning "to preach") but is more commonly cited as coming from "kaziti" (meaning "to destroy"), with "miru" meaning "peace".
Old Polish and dialectal Polish versions are Kaźmierz and Kaźmir. Diminutive; Kazik, Kaziuk, Kaziu, Ziuk etc. It is a popular name in Poland, and was a popular name of Polish royals.
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List of variations
Belarusian: Казімір, Казімер
Catalan: Casimir
Croatian: Kazimir, Kažimir
Czech: Kazimír
Esperanto: Kazimiro
English: Casimir
Galician: Casemiro, Casamiro
German: Kasimir
Hungarian: Kázmér
Italian: Casimiro
Latvian: Kazimirs
Lithuanian: Kazimieras
Polish: Kazimierz
Portuguese: Casimiro
Romanian: Cazimir
Russian: Казимир
Serbian: Казимир/Kazimir
Slovak: Kazimír
Slovene: Kazimir
Spanish: Casimiro
Swedish: Casimir
Ukrainian: Казимир
Vietnamese: Casimirô, Caximia
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
Casimir I of Opole (1178/79–1230), Polish duke
Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth between 1515 and 1527
John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (1543–1592), Count Palatine of Simmern and regent of the Electorate of the Palatinate from 1583 to 1592
Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1623–1685)
Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"), Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland
People with name Casimir, Kazimir, etc.
Casimir, Comte de Montrond (1768–1843)
Casimiro de Abreu, Brazilian poet and novelist, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement
Kázmér Batthyány, 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, Rwandan politician
Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, 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, 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)
People with name Kazimierz
Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Polish philosopher and logician
Kazimierz Bartel, Polish mathematician and politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland three times between 1926 and 1930
Kazimierz Brandys, Polish essayist and writer of film scripts
Kazimierz Brodziński, Polish Romantic poet
Kazimierz Deyna, Polish football player, one of the best marksmen in the history of world football
Kazimierz Fabrycy, Polish general, member of the Polish Legions in World War I, fought in the Polish Soviet War
Kazimierz Fajans, American physical chemist of Polish origin and a pioneer in the science of radioactivity
Kazimierz Górecki, Polish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s
Kazimierz Konopka, Polish activist
Kazimierz Kord, Polish conductor
Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician and logician, one of the leading representatives of the Warsaw School of Mathematics
Kazimierz Kutz, 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 Malewicz, Russian-Polish artist and painter
Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Poland from 31 October 2005 to 14 July 2006
People with surname Casimir
Artur von Casimir (1907–2005), German pilot
Auguste Casimir-Perier, French diplomat; son of Casimir Pierre Perier and father of President Jean Casimir-Perier
Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
J. R. Ralph Casimir (1898–1996), Dominican poet, editor and pan-Africanist organiser
Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, fifth president of the French Third Republic
Kirsten Casimir (born 1978), West Indian cricketer
Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), Dutch physicist
Raymond Casimir (born 1976), West Indian cricketer
Rosanne Casimir, Chief of Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc
Characters
Casimir (dinosaur), on the French TV show l'Île aux enfants