Kazimiera
Around 52,000 Polish women carry it, but it has all but vanished from the maternity ward. A Slavic name at root, the feminine of Kazimierz, handed to parents with a fierce gloss: "destroyer of peace," aimed outward at one's enemies.
Kazimiera Pronunciation
Kazimiera is pronounced kah-zheem-YE-rah (/kaʑimˈjɛra/).
What Kazimiera means
Where Kazimiera comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kazimiera comes from Old Slavic roots. The name pairs a verb of destroying, from the element kaziti, with mirъ, meaning peace. Read plainly, that gives the striking gloss handed down to Polish parents: destroyer of peace. The Polish reading softens the target of that destruction into the peace of one's enemies, so the fierceness points outward rather than at the household.
Kazimiera is the feminine of Kazimierz, and it shares that name's most famous bearer. Saint Casimir, the fifteenth-century prince, became a patron of Poland and Lithuania, which spread the masculine form far. The women's version followed. In daily use it shortens to Kazik, the same affectionate clip a Kazimierz answers to.
The name has two imieniny in Poland, March 4 and March 22, so a Kazimiera gets her greeting early in spring.
Do not mistake the meaning for a curse. A warlike gloss on a Slavic name usually promised strength to the family that gave it, protection turned against outsiders. Say the full name on a class register and it sounds formal. Say Kazik and it sounds like someone you know. Both hold the old sense: a peace-breaker, aimed at the enemy.
When Kazimiera celebrates name day
Kazimiera appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 4 March.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Kazimiera
1 in 434 women in Poland is named Kazimiera. 51,890 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #185 among female names.
Kazimiera's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Kazimiera as a middle name
Kazimiera is a first name for 51,890 women in Poland and a middle name for another 73,888, a 41/59 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 42nd, between Justyna (74,665) and Sylwia (73,048).
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#40 Józefa75,437
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#41 Justyna74,665
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#42 Kazimiera73,888
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#43 Sylwia73,048
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#44 Paulina68,786