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Origin and meaning
Jaromír is a
West SlavicThe West Slavs are Slavic peoples speaking West Slavic languages. Czechs, Kashubians, Poles, Slovaks, and Sorbs are the ethnic groups that originated from the original Western Slavic tribes. The societies of the West Slavs developed along the lines of other western European nations by coming into...
given name composed of two stems
jaro and
mír.
The meaning is not definite:
- Polish
Polish is a West Slavic language and the official language of Poland. Its written standard is the Polish alphabet which corresponds basically to the Latin alphabet with a few additions...
jary (archaic) = „spry, young, strong“; mir = „prestige, good reputation“
- Upper Sorbian jara = „very“; měr = „peace“
- Czech
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. Czech is similar to and mutually intelligible with Slovak and, to a lesser extent, to Polish and Sorbian. - Official status :Czech is widely...
jaro = „spring“; mír = „peace“
- old-Russian
Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe...
jaro = „sun“; mir = „peace, world“
Variations
- Jaroměr (Upper Sorbian)
- Jaromir (Polish
Polish is a West Slavic language and the official language of Poland. Its written standard is the Polish alphabet which corresponds basically to the Latin alphabet with a few additions...
, CroatianCroatian is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Croatian minorities in some neighbouring countries, in the Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croatian diaspora....
, SerbianSerbian is a South Slavic language, spoken chiefly in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and in the Serbian diaspora...
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- Jaromír (Czech
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. Czech is similar to and mutually intelligible with Slovak and, to a lesser extent, to Polish and Sorbian. - Official status :Czech is widely...
, SlovakThe Slovak language , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages ....
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The female forms are Jaromira or Jaromíra.
Others
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, Czech American composer
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, Czech illustrator