Given name
Jaroslavas
“fierce and glorious”
Jaroslavas is a masculine given name from Proto-Slavic, meaning “fierce and glorious.” It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Proto-Slavic *Jaroslavъ (“fierce and glorious”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Jaroslavas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Jaroslavas shares a linguistic root with the Polish form Jarosław. In Lithuanian usage, Jaroslavas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yaroslav. In Lithuanian usage, Jaroslavas has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 雅羅斯拉夫.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Jaroslavas has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jaroslavas
- Jaroslavas JakštoLithuanian boxer (born 1980)
- Jaroslavas CitavičiusLithuanian association football player (1907-1972)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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