Given name
Jaroslaw
“born with the beauty of spring”
Jaroslaw is a variant of Jaroslav. One Slavic interpretation is “born with the beauty of spring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jaroslaw is a variant of Jaroslav. One Slavic interpretation is “born with the beauty of spring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jaroslaw is a variant of 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 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jaroslaw through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 7 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 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,833 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jaroslaw’s family of names
In German usage, Jaroslaw has a conventional equivalent in the English form Yaroslav. Jaroslaw has a related form in Jaroslav. In German usage, Jaroslaw has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 雅羅斯拉夫.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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