Jaroslava
One of the rarest names on this list: about 75 women in Poland carry it, and no girl has been given it this century. A Slavic name at root, the feminine partner to Jarosław, built from "fierce glory".
Jaroslava Pronunciation
What Jaroslava means
Where Jaroslava comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Jaroslava grows from two old Slavic roots. The first, "jar," means fierce, hot, spirited, and it also sits behind the word for spring, when growth comes on strong. The second, "slava," means glory or fame. Together they give the meaning people carry today: fierce glory.
The name has family across the Slavic map. Polish keeps the masculine Jarosław and the feminine Jarosława, while Jaroslava is the spelling more at home in Czech and Slovak. A girl writing Jaroslava on a form at the urząd shares her root with any Jarosław in the room.
The glory in it is not meek. "Jar" refuses to soften. A bearer answers to a word built from heat and reputation, and the plain sense stays close to the surface: fierce glory, mocna sława.
How many people are named Jaroslava
1 in 300584 women in Poland is named Jaroslava. 75 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4128 among female names.
Jaroslava as a middle name
Jaroslava is a first name for 75 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4895th, between Janula (3) and Jasemin (3).
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#4893 Januara3
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#4894 Janula3
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#4895 Jaroslava3
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#4896 Jasemin3
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#4897 Jasleen3