Jaromir
A Slavic name that ties two opposites together: fierce and peaceful. Only about 1,300 Polish men carry it, so most Poles have never met one, though births have ticked up again in the last couple of years.
Jaromir Pronunciation
Jaromir is pronounced yah-RO-meer (/jaˈrɔmir/).
What Jaromir means
Where Jaromir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Jaromir comes from Slavic soil, built from two old roots. Jar carries force and heat. Mir means peace. That pairing gives the short meaning the name keeps: fierce, peaceful. The mir ending ties it to Kazimierz and Włodzimierz, other Polish names closing on the same element.
In daily use Poland trims it down to Jarek, the form that lands on a class register or gets shouted across a football pitch. The cross-gender form is Jaromira, a girl given the same two roots.
Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, ruled in the early eleventh century. Nearer our own time, the Czech hockey player Jaromír Jágr took the name well past Central Europe. Hold onto the meaning last: fierce and peaceful, folded into one short word.
When Jaromir celebrates name day
Jaromir appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 28 May.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Jaromir
1 in 16821 men in Poland is named Jaromir. 1,269 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #859 among male names.
Jaromir's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #930 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000. Still the #859 name among living men, even as it slips to #930 among newborns.
Where Jaromir is most popular
Jaromir is most popular in Lower Silesian, 213% above the national average (5 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Silesian (+116%) and Masovian (+66%). It is least common in Lesser Poland, 13% below average.
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Lower Silesian5 boys born+213%
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Silesian5 boys born+116%
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Masovian6 boys born+66%
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Subcarpathian2 boys born+63%
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Pomeranian2 boys born+33%
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Lesser Poland2 boys born−13%
Jaromir as a middle name
Jaromir is a first name for 1,269 men in Poland and a middle name for another 563, a 69/31 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 303rd, between Arthur (565) and Gerhard (556).
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#301 Justyn566
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#302 Arthur565
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#303 Jaromir563
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#304 Gerhard556
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#305 Felicjan548