Casimir

Polish, "destroyer of peace"

All names Cas-related are hot right now, but Casimir is an outlier not often heard in the Anglosphere. But if you love Cassian, Caspian, Cassius, and Casper but want something more unusual, Casimir may be your guy. A Polish royal name, Casimir’s somewhat troubling meaning is sometimes varied to the gentler “proclaimer of peace.”

In the US, the best-known Casimir is Revolutionary War hero Pulaski. Here’s an American pronouncing that name:

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