Given name
Kazimieras
“destroyer of peace”
Kazimieras is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic, meaning “destroyer of peace.” It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *Kaziměrъ//*Kazimirъ (“destroyer of peace”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kazimieras’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Kazimieras has a diminutive in KAZYS. In Lithuanian usage, Kazimieras shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Kazimierz. In Lithuanian usage, Kazimieras has a conventional equivalent in the English form Casimir.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kazimieras has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- CasimirEnglish
- Kazimirequivalent
- Kasimirequivalent
- Casimiroequivalent
- Kazimierafeminine form
- Kazimierzcognate · Polish
- Kazimírequivalent
- Kázmérequivalent
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People named Kazimieras
- Kazimieras BūgaLithuanian linguist (1879-1924)
- Kazimieras Steponas ŠaulysLithuanian politician (1872-1964)
- Kazimieras ČernisLithuanian astronomerborn 1958
- Kazimieras MotiekaLithuanian politician (1929-2021)
- Kazimieras UokaLithuanian politician (1951–2016)
- Kazimieras JauniusLithuanian linguist (1848–1908)
- Kazimierz Michał PacPolish nobleman (died 1719)1655–1719
- Kazimieras AntanavičiusLithuanian economist (1937-1998)
- Kazimieras SajaLithuanian politicianborn 1932
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