Jaromir
# 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
