Boy · Old Slavic
Yaroslav
Say it: yah-roh-SLAHF
Meaning
From Slavic yar 'fierce, ardent, bright' and slava 'glory'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Borne by the 11th-century law-giver of Kievan Rus and widely used in Ukraine today.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 217 babies given this name since 1998
- At its height in 2016, about 1 in 111,400 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ярослав
| Ukrainian | Yaroslav |
|---|---|
| Polish | Jarosław |
| Czech | Jaroslav |
| Slovak | Jaroslav |
| Serbian | Jaroslav |
Famous bearers
- Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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