Iaroslava
A name most Poles will never come across: only about 140 women here carry it, kept alive mainly in Ukrainian families. At root it's Slavic, meaning "fierce and glorious", the female counterpart to Jarosław.
Iaroslava Pronunciation
What Iaroslava means
Where Iaroslava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Iaroslava grows from Slavic soil. The name binds two old elements: "jaro", meaning fierce or strong, and "slava", meaning glory or fame. Read together they give the short meaning, fierce and glorious. The pairing leans toward power. Ukrainian families have carried the name for generations, and its cross-gender twin is Jarosław.
The best-known bearer of the root is Yaroslav the Wise, grand prince of Kievan Rus in the eleventh century. He left behind a law code, the Rus'ka Pravda, and a reputation for good rule. His name spread the jaro-slava pairing across Slavic lands, and the feminine Iaroslava followed. The variant Jarosława appears in Polish records too.
On a Polish class register, Iaroslava marks a family with Ukrainian roots. The name says its meaning plainly: fierce and glorious.
How many people are named Iaroslava
1 in 159885 women in Poland is named Iaroslava. 141 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2758 among female names.