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 April 26.[3]

Given name
  • Walerian Spycimir Tarnowski (1811-1861), Polish count, father of Władysław Tarnowski
  • Spytko I of Melsztyn, Spycimir Leliwita (14th century), Polish nobleman, castellan of Krakow, Sądecczyzna 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 (d. 1503), Polish nobleman, voivode of Krakow
  • Spytek I of Jarosław (cca. 1367- 1435), Polish nobleman
  • Spytek II of Jarosław (d. 1444), Polish nobleman
  • Spytek III of Jarosław (cca. 1436-1519), Polish nobleman, voivode of Krakow
  • Jan Spytek Tarnowski (d.1553), Polish nobleman and statesman
  • Stanisław Spytek Tarnowski (1514-1568), Polish nobleman and statesman
  • Spytek Wawrzyniec Jordan (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

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
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