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Casimir

What does Casimir mean?

Casimir Pronunciation of Casimir as a boys' name is pronounced KAH-zee-meer. It is of Slavic origin, and the meaning of Casimir is "famous destroyer (of peace)". Associated with Poland for her famous 11th-century king, who brought peace to the nation. Also a saint's name (15th century).

STARTS WITH Cas-

ASSOCIATED WITH famous, peace, king, saint

Variations

VARIANTS Casimeer, Casmire, Casimiro, Casmir, Caz, Kasimir, Kasimiro, Kazimierz, Kazimir

SEE ALSO Casey

FEMININE FORM Kasmira

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Casimir Tobin (C.T.), ..

How popular is Casimir?

Casimir is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent last name for all people (#17702 out of 150436, Top 12%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Casimir was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its top rank of #435 in the U.S. during 1910-1919, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Casimir name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Casimir outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Casimir ranked in the Top 2000 are Casey (#583 LAST YEAR), Casimiro and Casmir. These forms of Casimir were popular as birth names in 1990 (ADOPTION OF 0.2%) and have become much less widespread since (ADOPTION 0.03%, 87% LESS), with forms like Casimir becoming somewhat dated.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Casimir, Casey, Casimiro, Casmir in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Casimir and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Cadmar, Caidin, Cailin, Carmin, Casar, Caspar, Casper, Cassio, Caster, Castor, Cosimo, Jaromir, Namir, Nasir, Radimir, Tamir, Vladimir, Wladimir and Yasir. Like Casimir, these names are not frequently used.

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