Tomir
A Slavic name that reads as "bringer of peace", built from old roots meaning fame and quiet. It stays rare: most Poles have never met a Tomir, and the handful of boys given it each year are slowly building the name from a small base.
Tomir Pronunciation
Tomir is pronounced TO-meer (/ˈtɔmir/).
What Tomir means
Where Tomir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tomir belongs to the old Slavic family of two-part names, where the second element, -mir, means peace. You meet that same -mir in Sławomir, Włodzimierz, and Kazimierz. It gives Tomir its short meaning: bringer of peace, or in Polish, przynoszący pokój.
That ending does most of the work. The -mir element traces back to the Proto-Slavic word for peace, and it turned many Slavic names toward the idea of calm and accord. Tomir sits among them, shorter than most, easy to say in one breath.
Names built this way rarely stayed constant across centuries. The two-part Slavic pattern faded after Christianisation, when saints' names took over the register. Tomir survived at the edges. You find it on a modern class list more than in medieval charters.
Call a boy Tomir today and you hand him that Slavic root. The meaning is plain. Przynoszący pokój, one who brings peace.
When Tomir celebrates name day
Tomir appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 24 September.
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 Tomir
1 in 169414 men in Poland is named Tomir. 126 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2984 among male names.
Tomir's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1855 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Tomir is most popular
Tomir is most popular in Subcarpathian, 1692% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Subcarpathian2 boys born+1692%
Tomir as a middle name
Tomir is a first name for 126 men in Poland and a middle name for another 44, a 74/26 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1191st, between Tarik (44) and Tuấn (44).
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#1189 Spencer44
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#1190 Tarik44
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#1191 Tomir44
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#1192 Tuấn44
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#1193 Wilfried44