Casimir

Etymology

The name may mean "someone who destroys opponent's prestige/glory during battle", and is derived from the Slavic elements: kaziti "to destroy" and měr "prestige, fame". The latter element is also found in Vladimir, and is cognate to the Germanic and Celtic name element -mer or -mar (e.g. Dietmar) with similar meaning. It is often conflated with mir "peace, world", thus some researchers translate the 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. Kazimierz could be also related with a Turkish name Kazim.

List of variations

Catalan: Casimir

Croatian: Kazimir, Kažimir

Czech: Kazimír

Esperanto: Kazimiro

German: Kasimir

Hungarian: Kázmér

Italian: Casimiro

Lithuanian: Kazimieras

Polish: Kazimierz

Portuguese: Casimiro

Romanian: Cazimir

Russian: Казимир

Serbian: Казимир/Kazimir

Slovak: Kazimír

Slovene: Kazimir

Spanish: Casimiro

Swedish: Casimir

Ukrainian: Казимир

English: Casimir

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 Electorate of the 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

Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jakobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland

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

Kirsten Casimir (born 1978), West Indian cricketer

Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), a Dutch physicist

Raymond Casimir (born 1976), West Indian cricketer

Casemiro, Brazilian football player

Other

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