Given name
Jaroslava
“furious”·“glory, fame”
Jaroslava is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaroslava is a romanization of Ярослава. Ярослава is built from elements meaning “furious” and “glory, fame”.
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Where it comes from
Jaroslava is a romanization of Ярослава. Ярослава comes from Proto-Slavic.
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Jaroslava’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Jaroslava has a diminutive in Jara. Jaroslava is a feminine form of Jarosław. In English usage, Jaroslava has a related form in YAROSLAVA.
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Jaroslava has relatives in 5 languages.
12 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Jaradiminutive · Slovak
- Yaroslavavariant · English
- Jarunkadiminutive · Czech
- Jarkadiminutive · Czech, Slovak
- Járadiminutive · Czech
- Jardadiminutive · Czech
- Jarušdiminutive · Czech
- Jaruškadiminutive · Czech, Slovak
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jaroslava
- Jaroslava BlažkováSlovak novelist, short story writer, children's writer and journalist (1933–2017)
- Jaroslava BajerováCzech gymnast (1910-1995)
- Jaroslava AdamováCzech actress (1925-2012)
- Jaroslava SedláčkováCzech Olympic gymnastborn 1946
- Jaroslava MuchováCzechoslovak painter (1909-1986)
- Jaroslava SchallerováCzech actressborn 1956
- Jaroslava JehličkováCzech middle-distance runnerborn 1942
- Jaroslava ObermaierováCzech actressborn 1946
- Jarosława Banderapolitician (1917–1977)
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