Kazimir
A Slavic name that carries a fierce meaning: "destroyer of peace". In Poland it stays rare, with fewer than a hundred men who carry it and almost none born now.
Kazimir Pronunciation
Kazimir is pronounced kah-ZHEE-meer (/kaˈʑimir/).
What Kazimir means
Where Kazimir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kazimir grows from two old Slavic words. Kaziti meant to destroy or disturb. Mir meant peace. Joined, they spell out the reading behind the name: destroyer of peace, and in Polish, niszczyciel pokoju.
The Russian spelling, Kazimir, traveled with artists. The painter Kazimir Malevich showed his Black Square in 1915 and signed it that way. Poland kept Kazimierz, a name four of its kings wore. From it came the everyday Kazik, and the feminine Kazimiera for a daughter.
The blunt meaning never chased families off. The sense stayed, the worry did not. A boy answering to Kazik on a school register carries nothing warlike in the sound. Trace it back, though, and Kazimir still holds kaziti and mir, destroy and peace.
How many people are named Kazimir
1 in 239845 men in Poland is named Kazimir. 89 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3724 among male names.
Kazimir's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Kazimir as a middle name
Kazimir is a first name for 89 men in Poland and a middle name for another 5, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4815th, between Kaz (5) and Khaleel (5).
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#4813 Kawsar5
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#4814 Kaz5
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#4815 Kazimir5
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#4816 Khaleel5
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#4817 Khoirul5