Meanings
- A male given name from Polish.
- Babushka wants you to call the poor little bugger Casimir after her uncle in the Resistance. Can you imagine what would happen in any schoolyard to a kid with a name like Casimir?
1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, →ISBN, page 19
Origin
From a Polish royal name and saint's name Kazimierz, of Slavic origin, meaning "proclamation of peace".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech Kazimír
- Kazimírmale given name
Esperanto Kazimiro
- Kazimiromale given name
French Casimir
- Casimirmale given name
German Casimir, Kasimir
- Casimirmale given name
- Kasimirmale given name
Hungarian Kázmér
- Kázmérmale given name
Italian Casimiro
- Casimiromale given name
Japanese カジミール
- カジミール (Kajimīru)male given name
Latin Casimīrus
- Casimīrusmale given name
Latvian Kazimirs
- Kazimirsmale given name
Lithuanian Kazimieras
- Kazimierasmale given name
Polish Kazimierz
- Kazimierzmale given name
Portuguese Casimiro
- Casimiromale given name
Romanian Cazimir
- Cazimirmale given name
Russian Казими́р, Кази́меж
- Казими́р (Kazimír)male given name
- Кази́меж (Kazímež)male given name
Slovak Kazimír
- Kazimírmale given name
Spanish Casimiro
- Casimiromale given name
Ukrainian Казими́р
- Казими́р (Kazymýr)male given name
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
Casimir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Casimir
“Casimir.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Casimir. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Casimir,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Casimir.
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