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Kazimierz

Meaning — Kazimierz is a Polish masculine name of Slavic origin, composed of "kazić" meaning "to destroy" or "to command" and "mir" meaning "peace" or "world" — an apparent paradox often interpreted as "he who commands peace" or "destroyer of enemies." Saint Casimir of Poland (1458–1484), the ascetic prince who refused a throne and devoted himself to prayer, is the patron saint of Poland and Lithuania. Kazimierz is also the name of the historic Jewish quarter of Kraków.·Polish origin·Male·kah-ZEE-myezh

Kazimierz Kazimierz is an emphatically Polish name — steeped in royal history, saintly tradition, and the memory of the great Jewish-Polish civilization centered in Kraków's Kazimierz district. Characters with this name carry a weight of history and a distinctly Polish sense of complex, layered identity.

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KazimierzKazikKazioCasimir

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Kazimierz KowalskiKazimierz WiśniewskiKazimierz DąbrowskiKazimierz WójcikKazimierz ZielińskiKazimierz Szymański

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