Spycimir

Spycimir, also Spyćmier, Spyćmir, Spyćmierz, Spićymierz, etc., is an old Polish masculine given name. Etymology: spyci-: "in vain", -mir: "peace". Diminutives: Spytko, Spytek.[1][2] Its name day is 26 April.[3]

Given name

• Walerian Spycimir Tarnowski (1811-1861), Polish count, father of Władysław Tarnowski
• Spytko I of Melsztyn, Spycimir Leliwita [pl] (14th century), Polish nobleman, castellan of Krakow, Sądecczyzna [pl] and Wiślica
• Spytko II of Melsztyn (died 1399), Polish nobleman, voivode of Krakow
• Spytko III of Melsztyn (1398-1439), Polish nobleman
• Spytko IV of Melsztyn [pl] (d. 1503), Polish nobleman, voivode of Krakow
• Spytek I of Jarosław (cca. 1367- 1435), Polish nobleman
• Spytek II of Jarosław [pl] (d. 1444), Polish nobleman
• Spytek III of Jarosław [pl] (cca. 1436-1519), Polish nobleman, voivode of Krakow
• Jan Spytek Tarnowski [pl] (d.1553), Polish nobleman and statesman
• Stanisław Spytek Tarnowski [pl] (1514-1568), Polish nobleman and statesman
• Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan [pl] (1518-1568), Polish nobleman and statesman (Great Crown Treasurer, also castellan and voivode of several cities)
• Mikołaj Spytek Ligęza (c. 1562–1637), Polish–Lithuanian nobleman

Surname

• Heather Spytek (born 1977), American model
• John Spytek, American footballer and football executive

Places

• Spycimierz, a village in the Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
• Spycimierz-Kolonia, a village in the Poddębice County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland

See also

• Spytimir, Czech variant

References

1. M. Malcówna, Staropolskie imiona dwuczłonowe męskie z przyrostkami zdrabniającymi, Onomastica vol. VII, Wrocław 1961, pp. 281-289
2. Anna Marciniak-Kajzer, Fundacje architektoniczne małopolskich Leliwitów, Inicjał, 2001, ISBN 8386395133, p. 14
3. Bogdan Kupis, Nasze imiona, 1991, ISBN 8320414105, p. 256