Given name
Kazimierz
“one who demands peace”
Kazimierz is a form of Casimir. One Slavic interpretation is “one who demands peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kazimierz is a form of Casimir. One Slavic interpretation is “one who demands peace.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kazimierz is a variant of Kasimir. An origin associated with Kasimir is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Polish use, Kazimierz is used as a form of Casimir.
The story
The name has historical associations with Polish royalty.
Kazimierz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 82
- 82 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,608 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kazimierz’s family of names
In Polish usage, Kazimierz has a diminutive in KAZEK. In Polish usage, Kazimierz has a feminine form in KAZIMIERA. In Polish usage, Kazimierz has a conventional equivalent in Mira.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kazimierz has relatives in 15 languages.
17 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Kazimierz
- Casimir III the GreatKing of Poland from 1333 to 13701310–1370
- Casimir IV JagiellonKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania1427–1492
- Kazimierz KuratowskiPolish mathematician (1896–1980)
- Kazimierz DeynaPolish footballer (1947–1989)
- Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz12th Prime Minister of the Republic of Polandborn 1959
- Casimir I the RestorerPolish king (1016-1058)
- Kazimierz FajansPolish-American scientist1887–1975
- Kazimierz NyczCatholic cardinal, Archbishop of Warsawborn 1950
- Kazimierz NowakPolish photographer1897–1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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