Casimiro

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Casimiro is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name8.0K records spelled Casimiro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Cąsimirò

• Arabic given name230 records spelled Casimiro4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines

  Also written Câsîmiro, Casiḿiro

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Casimiro is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, forma italiana de Casimirus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• Illustre comandante / Colui che proclama la pace

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 103 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Casimiro Gómez Ortegab. 1741ESSpanish botanist (1741-1818)
• Casimiro Francisco Marcó del Pontb. 1765ESRoyal Governor of Chile
• Domenico Promisb. 1804ITnot in their usual nameItalian historian and numismatist (1804–1874)
• Casimiro de Abreub. 1839BRBrazilian poet, novelist and playwright (1839–1860)
• Casimiro Gennarib. 1839ITCatholic cardinal (1839-1914)
• Casimiro Montenegro Filhob. 1904BRBrazilian general
• Casimiro De Oliveirab. 1907PTPortuguese racing driver (1907–1970)
• Casimiro Torresb. 1908CLChilean footballer
• Casimiro Monteirob. 1920PTPortuguese intelligence officer and assasin
• Luis Casimirob. 1960ESSpanish basketball player (born 1960)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 540 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Casimiro?

We estimate roughly 6.2 thousand people bear Casimiro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Casimiro have the most bearers?

Casimiro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled casimiro.

How common is Casimiro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Casimiro is the 980th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Casimiro a male or female name?

Casimiro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Casimiro mean?

Recorded meaning: Del polaco Kazimierz, "el que impone la paz".