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Krešimir
Say it: KREH-shee-meer
Meaning
From an old Slavic root kres 'fire, spark, revive' and mir 'peace, world' (some scholars think -mir in old names first reflected Germanic -mar 'famous'); the first element is not settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A royal Croatian name of the 10th-11th centuries, revived in the 20th.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Famous bearers
- Petar Krešimir IV, King of Croatia
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.