Casimir

Where Casimir comes from

From a Polish royal name and saint's name Kazimierz, of Slavic origin, meaning "proclamation of peace".
— Wiktionary's entry for Casimir
  • Polish
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1138
    Casimir II the Just born
    High Duke of Poland
  2. 1884
    Casimir Funk born
    Polish-American biochemist
  3. 1894
    First appearance
    #1,074 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1917
    Peak, #393
    205 babies named Casimir — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1928
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #617.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Polish.
Namesakes
  • Casimir Funk · Polish-American biochemist, 1884–1967
  • Casimir II the Just · High Duke of Poland, 1138–1194
  • Casimir Delavigne · French poet and dramatist, 1793–1843
  • Casimir Pulaski · Polish nobleman, general in the American Revolutionary War, 1745–1779

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.