Krzesimir
A Slavic name that reads as "to revive peace", built from old roots for renewal and calm. Fewer than 500 Poles carry it and it goes to a handful of boys each year, so meeting one stays memorable.
Krzesimir Pronunciation
Krzesimir is pronounced kshe-SHEE-meer (/kʂɛˈɕimir/).
What Krzesimir means
Where Krzesimir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Krzesimir comes from two Slavic roots. The first is the verb krzesić, meaning to strike a spark or to bring back to life, and the second is mir, an old word for peace. Put together they give the sense recorded here: odnawiający pokój, to revive peace. It is one of the old compound names that Slavic parents built from whole words rather than borrowed saints.
Names of this shape, ending in -mir, were common among the early Slavs. Krzesimir stands beside Kazimierz and Włodzimierz, sharing that same second half. The first element is rarer. Krzesić still lives in modern Polish, where it means to kindle fire or to raise the dead, so the name holds a spark inside it.
A boy called Krzesimir today wears something very old. On a class register in Poland the name looks deliberate next to the Kubas and Anteks around it. It has no common diminutive, so it tends to stay whole. What it announces is plain: someone who brings peace back to life.
When Krzesimir celebrates name day
Krzesimir appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, 2 of them as a main name, the first on 11 January.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
How many people are named Krzesimir
1 in 44379 men in Poland is named Krzesimir. 481 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1342 among male names.
Krzesimir's popularity over time
19 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #519 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2003.
Where parents choose Krzesimir
Krzesimir is most popular in Greater Poland, 124% above the national average (29 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+69%) and Masovian (+45%). It is least common in West Pomeranian and Łódź, both 61% below average.
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Greater Poland
+124%1 in 7,422 babies
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Pomeranian
+69%1 in 9,821 babies
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Masovian
+45%1 in 11,428 babies
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West Pomeranian
−61%1 in 42,213 babies
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Łódź
−61%1 in 42,239 babies
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Lesser Poland
−56%1 in 37,819 babies
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Greater Poland+124% 29 born1 in 7,422 babies+124%
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Pomeranian+69% 15 born1 in 9,821 babies+69%
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Masovian+45% 31 born1 in 11,428 babies+45%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+37% 9 born1 in 12,153 babies+37%
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Lower Silesian+27% 12 born1 in 13,095 babies+27%
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Lublin+13% 7 born1 in 14,668 babies+13%
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Warmian-Masurian−7% 4 born1 in 17,948 babies−7%
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Silesian−12% 12 born1 in 18,965 babies−12%
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Lesser Poland−56% 6 born1 in 37,819 babies−56%
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West Pomeranian−61% 2 born1 in 42,213 babies−61%
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Łódź−61% 3 born1 in 42,239 babies−61%
Krzesimir as a middle name
Krzesimir is a first name for 481 men in Poland and a middle name for another 249, a 66/34 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 448th, between Jakob (250) and Pedro (249).
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#446 Alfonso251
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#447 Jakob250
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#448 Krzesimir249
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#449 Pedro249
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#450 Jesus248