Slavic masculine given name
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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".[1][2]
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".[citation needed]
The feminine form of the name is Jaroslava.
Jaroslav is equivalent to the Polish name Jarosław and the Ukrainian and Russian name Yaroslav.
Notable people with the name
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- Jaroslav Bába (born 1984), Czech high jumper
- Jaroslav Babušiak (born 1984), Slovak alpine skier
- Jaroslav Balaštík (born 1979), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Balcar (1953–2015), Czechoslovak ski jumper
- Jaroslav Balík (1924–1996), Czechoslovak film director and screenwriter
- Jaroslav Baška (born 1975), Slovak politician
- Jaroslav Bašta (1948–2024), Czech politician and diplomat
- Jaroslav Beck (born 1988), Czech composer and entrepreneur
- Jaroslav Bednář (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Beláň (born 1981), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Benák (born 1962), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Benda (1882–1970), Czech artist
- Jaroslav Beneš (born 1946), Czech photographer
- Jaroslav of Bezmíře, also known as Jaroslav of Benešov, 14th century Bohemian inquisitor and bishop
- Jaroslav Bílek (born 1971), Czech cyclist
- Jaroslav Bím (1931–2012), Czechoslovak gymnast
- Jaroslav Blahoš (1930–2018), Czech medical doctor
- Jaroslav Blažek (1896–1976), Czech cinematographer
- Jaroslav Bogdálek (1929–2022), Czech alpine skier
- Jaroslav Bohatý (born 1935), Czech long-distance runner
- Jaroslav Borovička (1931–1992), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Boroš (born 1947), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Borák (born 1989), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Bouček (1912–1987), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice (1582–1649), Bohemian nobleman
- Jaroslav Brabec (1949–2018), Czech athlete
- Jaroslav Brejcha, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
- Jaroslav Brož (cyclist) (1906–?), Czech Olympic cyclist
- Jaroslav Brož (long jumper) (1950–1975), Czech Olympic athlete
- Jaroslav Brožek (1923–2019), Czech artis and university professor
- Jaroslav Bulant (born 1964), Czech tennis player
- Jaroslav Bureš (born 1954), Czech lawyer and politician
- Jaroslav Burgr (1906–1986), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Bžoch (born 1983), Czech politician
- Jaroslav Cardal (1919–2010), Czech cross-country skier
- Jaroslav Čejka (1936–2022), Czech dancer, comedian and actor
- Jaroslav Cejp (1924–2002), Czechoslovak footballer
- Jaroslav Čermák (1929–2011), Czech resistance fighter
- Jaroslav Čermák (painter) (1830–1878), Czech painter
- Jaroslav Černý (Egyptologist) (1898–1970), Czech egyptologist
- Jaroslav Černý (footballer) (born 1979), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Černý (painter) (1904–1984), Czech painter
- Jaroslav Červený (1895–1950), Czechoslovak footballer
- Jaroslav Chalupský (born 1974), Czech politician
- Jaroslav Cháňa (1899–2000), Czechoslovak footballer
- Jaroslav Chlebek (born 1976), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Čihák (1891–1944), Austro-Hungarian army officer
- Jaroslav Cihlář (1924–2014), Czech cyclist
- Jaroslav Dietl (1929–1985), Czech screenwriter and playwright
- Jaroslav Dittrich (born 1982), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Diviš (born 1986), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Dočkal (1939–2021), Czech football player and manager
- Jaroslav Doubek (1931–2017), Czech ice skater
- Jaroslav Doubrava (1909–1960), Czech composer, painter, and pedagogue
- Jaroslav Drobný (footballer) (born 1979), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Drobný (1921–2001), Czech tennis player
- Dominik Jaroslav Duka, (born 1943), Czech Catholic bishop
- Jaroslav Durych (1886–1962), Czech poet and writer
- Jaroslav Dušek (born 1961), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Dvořák (politician) (born 1957), Czech neurologist and politician
- Jaroslav Dvořák (weightlifter) (1896–?), Czech weightlifter
- Jaroslav Falta (1951–2022), Czech motocross racer
- Jaroslav Feistauer (1909–?), Czech cross-country skier
- Jaroslav Ferianec (born 1970), Slovak sailor
- Jaroslav Fikejz (1927–2008), Czech athlete
- Jaroslav Filip (1949–2000), Slovak musician
- Jaroslav Findejs (born 1943), Czechoslovak footballer
- Jaroslav Flegr (born 1958), Czech biologist
- Jaroslav Foglar (1907–1999), Czech novelist
- Jaroslav Folda (born 1940), American medievalist
- Jaroslav Fragner (1898–1967), Czech architect
- Jaroslav Erik Frič (1949, Libina–2019), Czech poet, musician and publisher
- Jaroslav Hainz (1883–1914/18), Czech tennis player
- Jaroslav Hájek (1926–1974), Czech mathematician
- Jaroslav Halák (born 1985), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Handlíř (1888–1942), Czech politician and soldier
- Jaroslav Hanf (1888–1958), Czechoslovak equestrian
- Jaroslav Hatla (born 1973), Czech equestrian
- Jaroslav Havlíček (1896–1943), Czech novelist
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923), Czech writer and journalist
- Jaroslav Hellebrand (born 1945), Czech rower
- Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967), Czech chemist and inventor
- Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936), Czech dramatist and writer
- Jaroslav Hílek (born 1978), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Hlava (1855–1924), Czech anatomist and medical doctor
- Jaroslav Hlinka (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Holík (1942–2015), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Holík (politician) (born 1953), Czech politician
- Jaroslav Hrabal (born 1974), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Hrbáček (1921–2010), Czech academic and zoologist
- Jaroslav Hřebík (born 1948), Czech football player and coach
- Jaroslav Hübl (ice hockey, born 1957), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Hübl (ice hockey, born 1982), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Huleš (1974–2004), Czech motorcycle racer
- Jaroslav Humpál (1916–?), Czechoslovak canoeist
- Jaroslav Hutka (born 1947), Czech musician and composer
- Jaroslav Hynek (born 1975), Czech football manager
- Jaroslav Jabrocký (born 1980), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Jágr (born 1984), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Jahn (1865–1934), Czech paleontologist, mineralogist and geologist
- Jaroslav Jakubovič (born 1948), Czech jazz saxophonist
- Jaroslav Janda (born 1942), Czech alpine skier
- Jaroslav Janiš (born 1983), Czech race car driver
- Jaroslav Janus (born 1989), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Jareš (1930–2016), Czech football player and manager
- Jaroslav Jašek (1946–2010), Czechoslovak orienteering competitor
- Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha (1945–2024), Czech singer-songwriter
- Jaroslav Jeřábek (born 1971), Slovak cyclist
- Jaroslav Ježek (chess player) (1926–1998), Czech chess player
- Jaroslav Ježek (composer) (1906–1942), Czech composer and conductor
- Jaroslav Ježek (designer) (1923–2002), Czech industrial designer
- Jaroslav Jílek (born 1989), Czech athlete
- Jaroslav Jílek (table tennis), Czechoslovak table tennis player
- Jaroslav Jirásek (1932–2012), Czech sprinter
- Jaroslav Jiřík (1939–2011), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Jirkovský (1891–1971), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Jokeľ (born 1970), Slovak weightlifter
- Jaroslav Josef Polívka (1886–1960), Czech engineer
- Jaroslav Jurka (born 1949), Czech fencer
- Jaroslav Just (1883–1928), Czech tennis player
- Jaroslav Kabeš (1896–1964), Czechoslovak economist and politician
- Jaroslav Kacmarcyk (1885–1944), Polish and Lemko politician
- Jaroslav Kadavý (1912–2000), Czech cross-country skier
- Jaroslav Kalla (born 1979), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Kantůrek (born 1953), Czech basketball player
- Jaroslav Kasprisin (born 1990), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Kasík (born 1983), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Katriňák (born 1966), Slovak motorcycle racer
- Jaroslav Kentoš (born 1974), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Kmiť (born 1979), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Knotek (1912–1996), Czech athlete
- Jaroslav Kocián (1883–1950), Czech violinist and composer
- Jaroslav Kolbas (born 1985), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Kollinger (1905–1949), Czech gymnast
- Jaroslav Kolínek (born 1972), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Koma (born 1985), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Konečný (boxer) (born 1976), Czech boxer
- Jaroslav Konečný (1945–2017), Czechoslovak handball player
- Jaroslav Kopet (born 1952), Czech volleyball player
- Jaroslav Kopřiva (born 1990), Czech bobsledder
- Jaroslav Kořán (1940–2017), Czech translator
- Jaroslav Korbela (born 1957), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Košnar (1930–1985), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Kostelný (born 1985), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Koutecký (1922–2005), Czech chemist and university professor
- Jaroslav Kovář (1934–2015), Czech athlete
- Jaroslav Kožešník (1907–1985), Czech scientist and politician
- Jaroslav Kozlík (1907–2012), Czech educator
- Jaroslav Kracík (born 1983), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Kraft (1940–2007), Czech palaeontologist
- Jaroslav Král (born 1948), Czechoslovak boxer
- Jaroslav Kravárik (born 1941), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Krček (born 1939), Czech conductor, composer and musician
- Jaroslav Krejčí (1892–1956), Czech lawyer
- Jaroslav Krejčí (sociologist) 1916–2014), Czech-British sociologist, historian and university professor
- Jaroslav Křička (1882–1969), Czech composer, conductor, and music teacher
- Jaroslav Kristek (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Kříž (born 1955), Czech judoka
- Jaroslav Krombholc (1918–1983), Czechoslovak conductor
- Jaroslav Krupicka (born 1946), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Kubera (1947–2020), Czech politician
- Jaroslav Kubečka (1934–2025), Slovak politician
- Jaroslav Kučera (1929–1991), Czech cinematographer
- Jaroslav Kudrna (born 1975), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Kulhavý (born 1985), Czech mountain biker
- Jaroslav Kurzweil (1926–2022), Czech mathematician
- Jaroslav Kůs (born 1990), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950), Czech poet, playwright and theatre director
- Jaroslav Kvapil (composer) (1892–1958), Czech composer and conductor
- Jaroslav Kyzlink (born 1973), Czech conductor
- Jaroslav Machač (born 1926), Czechoslovak speedway rider
- Jaroslav Machovec (born 1986), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Mach (1887–?), Czech sports shooter
- Jaroslav Makohin (born 1976), Czech diver
- Jaroslav Makovec (born 1960), Czech race walker
- Jaroslav Malátek (1923–2014), Czech painter
- Jaroslav Malina (anthropologist) (born 1945), Czech archaeologist and anthropologist
- Jaroslav Malina (scenographer) (1937–2016), Czech scenographer
- Jaroslav Mareš (1937–2021), Czech biologist, traveller and writer
- Jaroslav Markovič (born 1985), Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Marvan (1901–1974), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Marx (born 1971), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Masrna (born 1950), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Matoušek (born 1951), Czech sprinter
- Jaroslav Melichárek (born 1977), Slovak rally driver
- Jaroslav Mihalík (born 1994), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Mikoška (1933–1991), Czech gymnast
- Jaroslav Miller (born 1971), Czech historian and university professor
- Jaroslav Modrý (born 1971), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Mostecký (1963–2020), Czech writer
- Jaroslav Moučka (ice hockey) (born 1992), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Moučka (1923–2009), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Müller (1901–?), Czech swimmer
- Jaroslav Mysliveček (1908–?), Czech rower
- Jaroslav Naď (born 1981), Slovak politician
- Jaroslav Narkevič (born 1962), Lithuanian politician
- Jaroslav Navrátil (footballer) (born 1991), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Navrátil (sport shooter) (born 1943), Czech Olympic shooter
- Jaroslav Navrátil (tennis) (born 1957), Czechoslovak tennis player
- Jaroslav Nedvěd (born 1969), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Němec (born 1954), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Nešetřil (born 1946), Czech mathematician
- Jaroslav Nesvadba (born 1982), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Netolička (born 1954), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Nikodým (born 1950), Czech judoka
- Jaroslav Panuška (1872–1958), Czech painter and illustrator
- Jaroslav Papiernik (1952–2002), Slovak handball player
- Jaroslav Papoušek (1929–1995), Czech film director
- Jaroslav Pavelka (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Pavlů (1936–2024), Czechoslovak-Italian ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Paška (1954–2021), Slovak politician
- Jaroslav Pekař (born 1944), Czech sports shooter
- Jaroslav Pelikan (1923–2006), American theological scholar
- Jaroslav Penc (born 1948), Czech volleyball player
- Jaroslav Peregrin (born 1957), Czech philosopher
- Jaroslav Perner (1869–1947), Czech paleontologist
- Jaroslav Pešán (1912–1972), Czechoslovak soldier and resistance fighter
- Jaroslav Pitner (1926–2009), Czech ice hockey coach
- Jaroslav Pížl (born 1961), Czech poet and writer
- Jaroslav Plašil (born 1982), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Plesl (born 1974), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Plíhal (1936–1997), Czech athlete
- Jaroslav Pollert (canoeist, born 1943), Czech slalom canoer
- Jaroslav Pollert (canoeist, born 1971), Czech slalom canoer
- Jaroslav Pollák (1947 –2020), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Pospíšil (born 1981), Czech tennis player
- Jaroslav Pospíšil (canoeist) (born 1973), Czech slalom canoeist
- Jaroslav Poupa, Czechoslovak sprint canoer
- Jaroslav Pouzar (born 1952), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Prekop (born 1979), Slovak footballer
- Jaroslav Prišcák (born 1956), Czechoslovak long and triple jumper
- Jaroslav Procházka, Czech middle-distance runner
- Jaroslav Průcha (1898–1963), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Průšek (1906–1980), Czech sinologist
- Jaroslav Pušbauer (1901–1976), Czechoslovak ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Radil, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
- Jaroslav Radoň (born 1986), Czech sprint canoeist
- Jaroslav Řezáč (1886–1974), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Řídký (1897–1956), Czech composer and conductor
- Jaroslav Romanchuk (born 1966), Belarusian economist
- Jaroslav Róna (born 1957), Czech sculptor
- Jaroslav Rošický (1884–1942), Czech army officer
- Jaroslav Rössler (1902–1990), Czech photographer
- Jaroslav Lev of Rožmitál (c. 1425–1486), Bohemian nobleman
- Jaroslav Rudiš (born 1972), Czech writer, journalist and musician
- Jaroslav Rudnyckyj (1910–1995), Ukrainian-Canadian linguist and lexicographer
- Jaroslav Rygl (born 1970), Czech orienteering competitor
- Jaroslav Šabata (1927–2012), Czech political scientist, psychologist, and dissident
- Jaroslav Sadílek (1913–1993), Czech figure skater
- Jaroslav Šafránek (1890–1957), Czech physicist
- Jaroslav Šajtar (1921–2003), Czech chess player
- Jaroslav Sakala (born 1969), Czech jumper
- Jaroslav Šaršok (born 1990), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Satoranský (born 1939), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Šedivec (born 1981), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Šedivý (1929–2023), Czech politician
- Jaroslav Erno Šedivý (born 1947), Czech drummer
- Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986), Czech writer, poet and journalist
- Jaroslav Šerých (1928–2014), Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator
- Jaroslav Ševčík (born 1965), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Sieger, Czechoslovak sprint canoer
- Jaroslav Šifer (1895–1982), Yugoslav footballer
- Jaroslav Šilhavý (born 1961), Czech football player and manager
- Jaroslav Šíp (1930–2014), Czech basketball player and coach
- Jaroslav Šír (born 1923), Czechoslovak soldier and skier
- Jaroslav Škarvada (1924–2010), Czech Catholic bishop
- Jaroslav Škarvan (1944–2022), Czechoslovak handball player
- Jaroslav Skobla (1899–1959), Czech weightlifter
- Jaroslav Skála (1916–2007), Czech psychiatrist
- Jaroslav Skála (basketball) (born 1954), Czech basketball player
- Jaroslav Šlajs (born 1942), Czechoslovak boxer
- Jaroslav Slávik (born 1976), Slovak luger
- Jaroslav Šmíd (born 1955), Czech volleyball player
- Jaroslav Souček (1935–2006), Czech opera singer
- Jaroslav Soukup (born 1982), Czech biathlete
- Jaroslav Šourek (1927–2003), Czechoslovak long-distance runner
- Jaroslav Špaček (born 1974), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Špillar (1869–1917), Czech painter
- Jaroslav Špindler (1890–1965), Bohemian-Austrian footballer
- Jaroslav Spišiak (born 1963), Slovak politician
- Jaroslav Šrámek (1929–2015), Czechoslovak fighter pilot and military commander
- Jaroslav Stančo (1949–2011), Czech volleyball player
- Jaroslav Staněk (born 1940), Czechoslovak table tennis player
- Jaroslav Starosta (1937–2022), Czech rower
- Jaroslav Starý (fencer) (died 1989), Czech fencer
- Jaroslav Starý (footballer) (born 1988), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Šťastný (1936–2004), Czech gymnast
- Jaroslav Stodola, Czech serial killer
- Jaroslav Štork (1909–1980), Czechoslovak racewalker
- Jaroslav Stránský (1899–1945), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Suchý (born 1971), Czech figure skater
- Jaroslav Švach (1973–2020), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Svejkovský (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player and coach
- Jaroslav Svoboda (skier) (born 1944), Czech skier
- Jaroslav Svoboda (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Svozil (born 1993), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Svěchota (1941–2004), Slovak lawyer and politician
- Jaroslav Sysel (1908–1989), Czech wrestler
- Jaroslav Vacek (1943–2017), Czech academic
- Jaroslav Vajda (1919–2008), American hymnwriter
- Jaroslav Váňa, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
- Jaroslav Vaněk (1930–2017), Czech-American economist and university professor
- Jaroslav Veis (born 1946), Czech journalist and writer
- Jaroslav Vejvoda (1920–1996), Czech football player and manager
- Jaroslav Velinský (1932–2012), Czech writer and musician
- Jaroslav Veselý (born 1937), Czech sports shooter
- Jaroslav Věšín (1860–1915), Czech painter
- Jaroslav Vítek (1915–1966), Czechoslovak athlete
- Jaroslav Vlach (born 1992), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Vlček (footballer) (1900–1967), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Vlček (politician) (born 1952), Czech politician
- Jaroslav Vogel (1894–1970), Czech conductor, composer and writer
- Jaroslav Vojta (1888–1970), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Volak (1915–?), Austrian handball player
- Jaroslav Volek (1923–1989), Czech musicologist
- Jaroslav Volf (born 1979), Czech slalom canoeist
- Jaroslav Volf (ice hockey) (1933–1990), Czech ice hockey player
- Jaroslav Votruba (born 1939), Czech figure skater
- Jaroslav Vožniak (1933–2005), Czech painter and printmaker
- Jaroslav Vrábel (born 1971), Czech footballer
- Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912), Czech poet
- Jaroslav Vyhlíd, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
- Jaroslav Vykoupil (1898–1976), Czechoslovak sprinter