Girl · Old Slavic
Kazimiera
Say it: kah-zhee-MYEH-rah
Meaning
Feminine of Kazimierz, from kazi 'destroy, spoil' and mir 'peace'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A typical name for Polish girls born before the Second World War.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 11 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 164,000 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Lithuanian | Kazimiera |
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Famous bearers
- Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna, Polish poet
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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