Niemir

Niemir

Gender	masculine
Name day	February 14
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Other names
Variant form(s)	Něměr, Niemierz, Nemyr
Related names	female form Niemira

Niemir, Niemirz, Niemierz – is a male Slavic given name of Old Slavic origin, present in other Slavic nations (in different forms and spellings).

The name is composed of nie- (a negation) as well as -mir ("peace", "good", "great", "famous"), present in a number of other Slavic given names such as Mirogniew and Mirogod and related to Gothic naming element mērs, -mir, c.f. Theodemir, Valamir.

Medieval texts from Mazovia often substitute this given name in the form of Niemierza as Erasmus, a male given name derived from Ancient Greek. The name day for Niemir is celebrated on February 14 in Poland.[1]

See also:

• Niemierzyn
• Niemierze
• Niemirowice
• Niemirki
• Niemirów — 4 settlements in Poland and 2 in Ukraine (Nemyriv)
• Niemirówka — 1 settlement in Poland, 2 in Ukraine (Nemyrivka), 1 in Moldova (Nimereuca)

References

1. A. Wolff, Nazwy miejscowe na Mazowszu, cz. I, [w:] Onomastica, r. I, Wrocław 1955