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Casimir is a Latin version of the Polish male name Kazimierz (). 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".

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Given name.name
Casimir / Kazimierz
Given name.gender
male
Given name.origin
Slavic
Given name.variant forms
Casimira (f), Kazimiera (f)
Given name.related names
CasimiroKazimírKasimirKažimirKázmérКазимирKazimieras etc.

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Soundex
K256
Cologne phonetics
4867
Caverphone
KSM111
native label
Kasimir
Commons category
Kasimir (given name)
P8168
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  • List of variations
  • Royalty
  • People with name Casimir, Kazimir, etc.
  • People with name Kazimierz
  • People with surname Casimir
  • Characters
  • See also
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Casimir is a Latin version of the Polish male name Kazimierz (). 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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