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.

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