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Also known as Jaroslav (first name), Jaroslav (given name)

Jaroslav is a Czech and Slovak masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements jar meaning "strong, fierce" and slav meaning "glory, fame".

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Instance of
male given name
Said to be same as
Yaroslav
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transliteration or transcription
Ярослав
Soundex
J624
Cologne phonetics
07853
Caverphone
YRSLF1
writing system
Latin script
native label
Jaroslav
different from
Jaroslav
Commons category
Jaroslav (given name)
described by source
Wiktionary
language of work or name
Czech
name day
April 27
P8168
Z2

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Jaroslav is a Czech and Slovak masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements jar meaning "strong, fierce" and slav meaning "glory, fame".

There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the name referred to Jarilo - male Proto-Slavic deity of the sun, spring, and fertility, and slav meaning glory, i.e. "glory of the sun".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jaroslav” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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