Casimir

Casimir, an English, French and Latin form of the Polish name Kazimierz.

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^[1][2] give the meaning as "proclamation of peace".^[3] 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: Kazimir, Častimir
• 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
• 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 , 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
• Casemiro, Brazilian football player

Other

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

See also

• Kazimierz (disambiguation)
• Kazimiera, feminine form and notable bearers
• Kazimieras, Lithuanian form and notable bearers

References

External links

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