Given name
Kazimír
“to destroy”
Kazimír is a masculine given name from Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in Czech, Old Czech, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kazimír goes back to Proto-Slavic *kaziti, meaning “to destroy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kazimír comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kazimír’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Kazimír has a diminutive in MIRO. In English usage, Kazimír has a later derivative in Kaska. In Czech usage, Kazimír has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Kazimierz.
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Around the world
Kazimír has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- CasimirEnglish
- Casimiroequivalent
- KasimirGerman
- KazimierzPolish
- Kazimierasequivalent
- Kázmérequivalent
- Kaskaderivative · English
- Kazysequivalent
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See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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