- Origin: Polish
- Meaning: “thinking of lineage.”
- Gender: Masculine
- Pron: (SHYEH-mo-MEES; SHYEH-mo-MEE-swoo)
An Old Polish name, it is composed of the words, siemo (seed, lineage, family) and mysł (thoughts).
It was borne by a 10th-century Polish duke of the Polans. He was a member of the Piast Dynasty and known as the father of Mieszko I. He was recorded by Gallus Anonymous. A medieval yet obsolete German translation is Zemuzil. It was borne by a few other Medieval Polish dukes.
Siemo- names were characteristic of the Piast Dynasty.
In Poland, the name is rather obsolete. The designated name-day is September 14.
Diminutive forms would be: Siemimysłek, Siemimysłuś, Siemek, Siemiś, Siemcio, Sieminio, Mysłek, Mysłuś, Mysłko, and Mysły.
Other forms include:
- Sěmomysl (Czech, Slovak)
- Samisel (French, obsolete, historical)
- Zemisel (French, obsolete, historical)
- Zemuzil (German, obsolete, historical)
- Siemimysł (Polish)
- Ziemomysł (Polish)
- Sjomomysl, Žemomysl (Sorbian)
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