Given name
Kazys
“destroyer of peace”
Kazys is a masculine given name. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kazys is a diminutive of Kazimieras. Kazimieras means “destroyer of peace.”
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Where it comes from
Kazys is a diminutive of Kazimieras. Kazimieras comes from Proto-Slavic.
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How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Kazys is a diminutive of KAZIMIERAS.
Kazys’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Kazys is a diminutive of KAZIMIERAS.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kazys
- Kazys GriniusThird President of Lithuania from 7 June 1926 until 17 December 1926 (1866-1950)
- Kazys BizauskasLithuanian politician (1893-1941)
- Kazys PetkevičiusLithuanian basketball player (1926–2008)
- Kazys BinkisLithuanian poet, journalist, playwright (1893-1942)
- Kazys ŠkirpaLithuanian army officer and diplomat (1895-1979)
- Kazys BobelisLithuanian politician1923–2013
- Kazys MaksvytisLithuanian basketball coachborn 1977
- Kazys BorutaLithuanian writer and politician (1905-1965)
- Kazys BradūnasLithuanian writer (1917–2009)
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