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 means "proclaimer (from kazać to preach) of peace (mir)."^[1]

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.

List of variations

• Belarusian: Казімір
• Catalan: Casimir
• Croatian: Kazimir, Kažimir
• Czech: Kazimír
• Esperanto: Kazimiro
• English: Casimir
• Galician: Casemiro, Casamiro
• German: Kasimir
• Hungarian: Kázmér
• Italian: Casimiro
• Kazakh: Qasym or Kasym
• 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)
• Kazimír Gajdoš, Slovak footballer
• Casimir Gzowski (1813–1898), engineer and acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
• Casimir Lefaucheux, 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, Russian artist, 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 and British intelligence agent
• 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
• Casimir Stapko (1913–2006), American portrait painter
• Kazimir Strzepek, cartoonist living in Seattle, Washington
• Casimir Zagourski (Polish: Kazimierz Zagórski), pioneering photographer of Central African peoples and customs
• Casimir Zeglen, Polish pastor and inventor of a bullet-resistant cloth
• Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
• Casimiro Miguel, Brazilian sports commentator and streamer

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
• Kazimierz Michałowski, Polish archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of Nubiology
• Kazimierz Orlik-Łukoski, 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, Polish chess master
• Kazimierz Poniatowski, Polish Szlachcic, podkomorzy wielki koronny (1742–1773), generał wojsk koronnych, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
• Kazimierz Prószyński, Polish inventor in the field of cinema
• Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish poet, novelist, playwright, journalist and writer, member of the Young Poland movement
• Kazimierz Sabbat, 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 (1595–1640), the first Polish poet to become widely celebrated abroad
• Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer and one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festival
• Kazimierz Siemienowicz, Polish general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, artillery specialist and pioneer of rocketry
• Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Polish independence fighter, politician and Polish Army general
• Kazimierz Skorupka, Polish scoutmaster and army officer
• Kazik Staszewski, Polish rock musician, leader of the band Kult
• Kazimierz Świtalski, Polish officer, politician, and a Prime Minister of Poland
• Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Polish politician
• Kazimierz Urbanik (1930–2005), Polish mathematician
• Kazimierz de Weydlich, Polish chess master
• Kazimierz Zarankiewicz, Polish mathematician

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

Characters

• Casimir (dinosaur), on the French TV show l'Île aux enfants