Given name & surname
Jaro
“born with the beauty of spring”
Jaro has a related form in Jaroslav. One Slavic interpretation is “born with the beauty of spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaro has a related form in Jaroslav. One Slavic interpretation is “born with the beauty of spring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jaro has a related form in Jaroslav. An origin associated with Jaroslav is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 149 as a first name in 2020; 288 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaro’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Jaro is a diminutive of Jarolím. In Slovenian usage, Jaro has a feminine form in Jara. In Slovak usage, Jaro has a related form in Jaroslav.
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Around the world
Jaro has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jaro
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