Casimir

Casimir, also written Casimir, is a masculine first name and family name. As a first name, he is in the German language become rare.

Origin and Meaning

The name is of Polish origin. There are several to etymological interpretations. The name component I can be derived from the Slavic word for " peace " or "calm". The component kasi points to the word kazać for " cause " or " command " or Kažić "destroy" for European producers. Thus the rich meanings of " peacemaker " to " troublemakers ".

Name-day

Name day is the 4th of March. Patron saint is St. Casimir of Poland (1458-1484), patron of Poland and Lithuania and patron saint of youth.

Variants

• Kazimierz ( Polish)
• Casimir, Kazys ( Lithuanian )
• Kazimirs ( Latvian)
• Kazimír ( Czech and Slovak)
• Kazimir ( Slovenian)
• Kázmér ( Hungarian)
• Kazimiro ( Esperanto )
• Казимир ( Russian and Ukrainian )
• Casimir (French and English )
• Casimiro ( Spanish and Portuguese)
• Casimiero, Cazimiro ( Italian)

Well-known bearers of the name

Ruler

• Kasimir ( Brandenburg- Kulmbach ), Duke ( 1481-1527 )
• Casimir I ( Teschen ), Duke ( 1314/15-1358 )
• Casimir I ( Pomerania ), Duke ( 1156-1180 )
• Casimir I (Poland ), Duke ( 1015-1058 )
• Casimir I ( Opole - Racibórz ), Duke ( 1178/1179-1229/30 )
• Casimir I ( Kuyavian ), Duke ( 1211-1267 )
• Casimir I ( Mazovia ), Duke ( 1233-1267 )
• Casimir I ( Teschen Auschwitz ), Duke ( 1410-1434 )
• Casimir II ( Teschen ), Duke ( 1468-1528 )
• Casimir II (Poland ), Duke ( 1138-1194 )
• Casimir II ( Pomerania ), Duke ( 1202-1219/1220 )
• Casimir II ( Opole - Bytom ), Duke ( 1281/82-1312 )
• Casimir II ( Mazovia ), Duke ( 1468-1490 )

• Casimir III. ( Kuyavian ) ( ~ 1280-1347 ), Duke of Cujavia
• Casimir III. ( Poland) ( 1310-1370 ), King of Poland
• Casimir III. ( Cosel ) ( ~ 1312-1347 ), Duke of Bytom - Cosel
• Casimir III. ( Pomerania ) ( ~ 1351-1372 ), Duke of Pomerania -Stettin
• . Casimir III, Castellan of Kolberg; see: Kasimir ( † before 1281 )

• Casimir IV Jagiello, King (1427-1492)
• Casimir IV ( Pomerania ) ( ~ 1345-1377 ), Duke of Pomerania - Stolp
• Casimir V. ( Pomerania ) (after 1380-1435 ), Duke of Pomerania -Stettin
• Casimir VI. ( Pomerania ) ( 1557-1605 ), Duke of Pomerania, Bishop of Pomerania
• John II Casimir, King (1609-1672)
• Saint Casimir (1458-1484)
• Friedrich Kasimir of Rathsamhausen ( religious name Leodgar of Rathsamhausen; 1698-1786 ), Prince-Abbot of the monastery Murbach
• Kasimir ( Lippe- Brake) ( 1627-1700 ), Count of Lippe -Brake
• Kasimir († 1220 ), Castellan of Kolberg

See also: Friedrich Casimir

First name

• Casimir Ulrich Boehlendorff (1771-1825), Duke of Courland writers, poets and historians
• Casimir Freiherr von Haeffelin (1737-1827), Catholic. Theologian, bayer. Church leaders, Cardinal
• Johann Kasimir Kolbe von Wartenberg (1643-1712), Prussian minister
• Pfyffer Kasimir (1794-1875), a Swiss lawyer, politician and publicist
• Kasimir Felix Graf Badeni (1846-1909), Minister-President of the Austrian part of the Habsburg monarchy
• Friedrich Casimir Kettler (1650-1698), Duke of Courland and Semgallen
• Casimir of Pászthory (1886-1966), Hungarian composer
• Kasimir Christoph Schmidel (1718-1791), German physician and botanist
• Kasimir Graff (1878-1950), astronomer Hamburg
• Edschmid Kasimir (1890-1966), German writer
• Kasimir Malevich (1879-1935), Russian painter
• Kazimierz Deyna (1947-1989), Polish national football team, and Olympic champion
• Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), Polish- American chemist
• Kazimierz Funk (1884-1967), Polish biochemist
• Kazimierz Sidorczuk (born 1967 ), Polish -Austrian football goalkeeper and coach

Family name

• Fernand Casimir (* 1896), a French colonial administrator
• Helmut Kasimier (1926-2013), German politician ( SPD)
• Hendrik Casimir (1909-2000), Dutch physicist
• Jean Casimir - Perier (1847-1907), French politician, President 1894/1895
• John Casimir (1898-1963), American clarinetist
• Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962), Austrian painter and graphic artist

See also: * Kazimierski ( Polish surname, patronymic of Kazimierz )

Literary figures

• Kasimir and Karoline by Odon von Horvath
• Albrecht Kasimir Bölckow, protagonist of Horst Hussels radio play music from Gägelow from the diaries and notation of the composer Albrecht Kasimir Bölckow ( DLF / SWR 2002)
• Name of jointly built by the three men snowman in Erich Kästner 's novel Three Men in the Snow

Places

• Kazimierz district of Krakow
• Kazimierz Dolny, a popular tourist spot in eastern Poland
• Kazimierz district of the municipality Głogówek in Upper Silesia

Discoveries

• Casimir effect, a phenomenon of quantum mechanics