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: *

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

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''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' Places * Czech, ...

, 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.

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. Club career Born in Brno, Blažek started his career in Slavia Prague, where he got to play his first league games. After two years during which he ...

, 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 ''P ...

, Czech writer * Jaromír Funke, Czech photographer *

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

, 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 Shokir Muminov (born February 17, ...

, Czech judoka *

Jaromír Kohlíček Jaromír Kohlíček (23 February 1953 – 6 December 2020) was a Czech politician. Career He was born in Teplice. After studies at University of Chemical Technologies he ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Senate. He was also member of Lowe ...

, Czech politician *

Jaromír Krejcar (25 July 1895, Hundsheim, Austria – 5 October 1950, London) was a Czech functionalistic architect, student of Jan Kotěra and member of Devětsil. He collaborated with Czech structural engineer, Dr. Jaroslav Josef Polivka on the internation ...

, Czech architect *

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 Univers ...

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

Jaromír Štětina Jaromír Štětina (born 6 April 1943) is a Czech journalist, writer and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019 for the Czech Republic, representing TOP 09. He is also known as a war correspondent from t ...

, Czech journalist and politician *

Jaromír Vejvoda Jaromír Vejvoda (28 March 1902 – 13 November 1988) was a Czech composer and the author of the " Beer Barrel Polka". Life and work Vejvoda was born and died in Zbraslav. He learned to play the fiddle and flugelhorn in a band led by his father ...

, 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 or ...

, Czech American composer *

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