Jaromir

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

• Jaroměr (Upper Sorbian)
• Jaromir (Polish)
• Jaromír (Czech, Slovak)

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

People known as Jaromir

Royalty

• Jaromir, Duke of Bohemia
• Jaromir (Bishop of Prague)

Others

• Jaromír Blažek, Czech football goalkeeper
• Jaromír Dragan, Slovak ice hockey player
• Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech writer
• Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer
• Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
• Jaromír Ježek, Czech judoka
• Jaromír Kohlíček, Czech politician
• Jaromír Krejcar, Czech architect
• Jaromír Nohavica, Czech singer–songwriter
• Jaromír Paciorek, Czech football player
• Jaromír Štětina, Czech journalist and politician
• Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer
• Jaromír Weinberger, Czech American composer
• Jaromír Zápal, Czech illustrator
• Jaromír Gál, Czech illustrator

See also

• Little Mr Jaromir, a 2002 book by Martin Ebbertz
• Slavic names