Yaraslau
A Slavic name meaning "fierce and glorious", built from the roots for strength and fame. In Poland it stays rare: fewer than a thousand men carry it, all of them male, and it fades further with almost no boys given it now.
Yaraslau Pronunciation
Yaraslau is pronounced ih-ah-rahs-LAH-oo (/ɨarasˈlau/).
What Yaraslau means
Where Yaraslau comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Yaraslau grows from two old Slavic roots. The first, "yar", speaks of fierce, ardent strength, the heat in a person who does not back down. The second, "slav", means glory. Put together they give the short meaning held by everyone who carries the name: fierce and glorious.
That pairing has a famous bearer. Yaroslav the Wise, the eleventh-century grand prince known in Belarusian as Yaraslaŭ, built law codes and founded libraries, and the fierce half of his name sat beside a reputation for learning.
Yaraslau is the Belarusian spelling of that older Yaroslav. The "-slau" ending is the eastern cousin of the "-sław" you meet across Polish names like Stanisław and Bronisław, where the same root for glory returns again and again.
A child called Yaraslau on a school register in Poland stands slightly apart, his name signalling a Slavic east that Polish ears still recognise.
Say the name slowly and both halves come up: the strength, then the glory. Fierce and glorious.
How many people are named Yaraslau
1 in 29647 men in Poland is named Yaraslau. 720 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1099 among male names.
Yaraslau's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Yaraslau is most popular
Yaraslau is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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