Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the name referred to '' Jarilo'' - male Proto-Slavic deity of the sun, spring, and fertility, and ''slav'' meaning glory, i.e. "glory of the sun". However, with the adoption of Christianity in the Slavic countries the name began to be commonly understood not as a reference to a pagan deity, but rather to the "fervent worship of Go
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of the Bible. ;People named Jaroslav: *

Jaroslav Drobný Jaroslav Drobný (; 12 October 1921 – 13 September 2001) was a World No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the United Kingdom in 1959, w ...

, Czech tennis player * Jaroslav Drobný (footballer), Czech footballer * Jaroslav Foglar, Czech novelist *

Jaroslav Halák Jaroslav Halák (; born 13 May 1985) is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Halák was selected with the 271st overall pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the ninth and final ro ...

, Slovak ice hockey player * Jaroslav Hašek, Czech author, writer of '' The Good Soldier Švejk'' *

Jaroslav Heyrovský Jaroslav Heyrovský () (December 20, 1890 – March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist and inventor. Heyrovský was the inventor of the polarographic method, father of the electroanalytical method, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in 1959 for his ...

, Czech chemist and inventor, recipient of the Nobel prize * Jaroslav Jakubovič, Czech jazz saxophonist * Jaroslav Janiš, Czech race car driver *

Jaroslav Janus Jaroslav Janus (born 21 September 1989) is a Slovak professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for HC Košice of the Slovak Extraliga. Janus was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 6th round (162nd overall) of the 2008 N ...

, Slovak ice hockey player * Jaroslav Levinský, Czech tennis player * Jaroslav Mostecký (1963–2020), Czech fantasy writer *

Jaroslav Nešetřil Jaroslav (Jarik) Nešetřil (; born March 13, 1946 in Brno) is a Czech mathematician, working at Charles University in Prague. His research areas include combinatorics Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counti ...

, Czech mathematician *

Jaroslav Pelikan Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. (December 17, 1923 – May 13, 2006) was an American scholar of the history of Christianity, Christian theology, and medieval intellectual history at Yale University. Early years Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. was born on Dec ...

, American Christian scholar * Jaroslav Pospíšil, Czech tennis player *

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

, Czech poet, recipient of the Nobel prize *

Jaroslav Špaček Jaroslav Spacek (; born February 11, 1974) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for over 13 seasons with the Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oile ...

, Czech ice hockey player *

Jaroslav Šrámek Colonel Jaroslav Šrámek (3 May 1929 – 16 February 2015 Pilot Jaroslav Šrámek nás o ...

, Czechoslovak fighter pilot and military commander ;Places *

Jaroslav (Pardubice District) Jaroslav is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants. References External links * Jaroslav Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Sla ...

, a municipality and village in the Czech Republic

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