Jaromír, Jaromir, Jaroměr is a Slavic male given name.

Origin and meaning

Jaromír is a West Slavic given name composed of two stems jaro and mír. The meaning is not definite:

  • Polish jary (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; mir = „prestige, good reputation“
  • Upper Sorbian jara = „very“; měr = „peace“
  • old-Ruthenian jaro = „sun“; mir = „peace, world“

False etymology

In the Czech, the name is seemingly composed from two other words. Word Jaro means „spring“ and word mír means „peace“.

Variations

The female forms are Jaromira or Jaromíra. The short form is Jesko.

People known as Jaromir

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See also

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