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 Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

''jary'' (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; ''mir'' = „prestige, good reputation“ *

Upper Sorbian Upper Sorbian (), occasionally referred to as Wendish (), is a minority language spoken by Sorbs in the historical province of Upper Lusatia, today part of Saxony, Germany. It is a West Slavic language, along with Lower Sorbian, Czech, Poli ...

''jara'' = „very“; ''měr'' = „peace“ *old- Ruthenian ''jaro'' = „sun“; ''mir'' = „peace, world“

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Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

, the name is seemingly composed from two other words. Word ''Jaro'' means „spring“ and word ''mír'' means „peace“.

Variations

* Jaroměr (

) * Jaromir (

) * Jaromír (

, Slovak) The female forms are Jaromira or Jaromíra. The short form is

Jesko Jesko or Jesco is a male given name, which is used among Slavs and in Germany. It is a short form of Jaromir or Jaroslaw and may mean "the peaceful one", "the brave one", "the proud one" or "the soldierly one". There may be a link with the name o ...

People known as Jaromir

Royalty

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

Others

Jaromír Blažek Jaromír Blažek (; born 29 December 1972) is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper. Apart from one season in Germany, he has spent his entire professional career in the Czech Republic. Blažek has also been called up as a reserve goal ...

, Czech football goalkeeper * Jaromír Dragan, Slovak ice hockey player *

Karel Jaromír Erben Karel Jaromír Erben (; 7 November 1811 – 21 November 1870) was a Czech folklorist and poet of the mid-19th century, best known for his collection '' Kytice'', which contains poems based on traditional and folkloric themes. He also wrote ''Pí ...

, Czech writer * Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer *

Jaromír Jágr Jaromír Jágr (; born 15 February 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger and owner of Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh ...

, Czech ice hockey player *

Jaromír Ježek Jaromír Ježek (; born 13 November 1986, Hradec Králové) is a Czech judoka. He has competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he lost in the first round to Shokir Muminov. He went one round better at the 20 ...

, Czech judoka * Jaromír Kohlíček, Czech politician *

Jaromír Krejcar (25July 18955October 1950) was a Czechs, Czech Functionalism (architecture), functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil. Machnac 3 Jaromír Nohavica Jaromír Nohavica or Jarek Nohavica (born 7 June 1953, in Ostrava) is a Czech recording artist, songwriter, lyricist and poet. Early life He was born in Ostrava and has played guitar since he was 13. He began studies at the Technical Unive ...

, Czech singer–songwriter * Jaromír Paciorek, Czech football player *

Jaromír Štětina Jaromír Štětina (6 April 1943 – 17 April 2025) was a Czech journalist, writer and politician. He served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019 for the Czech Republic, representing TOP 09. He was also known as a war corre ...

, Czech journalist and politician *

Jaromír Vejvoda Jaromír Vejvoda (28 March 1902 – 13 November 1988) was a Czechs, Czech composer. He is best known as the author of the "Beer Barrel Polka". Life and work Vejvoda was born and died in Prague-Zbraslav. From 1936 to 1960, he lived in Vrané nad ...

, Czech composer *

Jaromír Weinberger Jaromír Weinberger (8 January 1896 – August 8, 1967) was a Bohemian-born Jewish subject of the Austrian Empire, who became a naturalized American composer. Biography Weinberger was born in Prague, Austria-Hungary, into a family of Jewish ori ...

, Czech American composer *

Jaromír Zápal Jaromír Zápal (March 18, 1923, in Brandýs nad Orlicí – December 5, 1984, in Prague) was a Czech illustrator, painter and writer. He is mainly known as an illustrator of children books. Zápal studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture a ...

, Czech illustrator *

Jaromír Gál 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“; '' ...