Yaroslav
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/jɑːɹoʊslɑːv/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Yaroslav is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 12th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Transliteration of Ukrainian Яросла́в (Jarosláv) or Russian Яросла́в (Jarosláv).
- UZUzbekistan≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- CZCzechia1 in 31as Jaroslav
- PLPoland1 in 204as Jarosław
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Yaroslav itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- #560 (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 222 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
345,570 named Jaroslav
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Uzbekistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ярослав in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, UZ Uzbekistan, Jaroslav in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia and Jaroslaw in PL Poland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Transliteration of Ukrainian Яросла́в (Jarosláv) or Russian Яросла́в (Jarosláv).
Sources 1
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yaroslav counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #12 | 345,570as Jaroslav | 1 in 31 | 346K | Jaroslav | 181 |
| PL Poland | #130 | 187,945as Jarosław | 1 in 204 | 189K | Jaroslaw | 192 |
| RU Russia | #96 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 780 | #51 | Ярослав | 184 |
| UA Ukraine | #62 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 271 | listed | Ярослав | 136 |
| SK Slovakia | #9 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 543 | — | Jaroslav | 141 |
| UZ Uzbekistan | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Ярослав | 13 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,344 | 1 in 37K | 1.3K | Yaroslav | 48 |
345,570 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Yaroslav is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A transliteration of the Bulgarian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Яросла́в (Jarosláv).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Russian form of JAROS AW .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yaroslav the Wiseb. 978UAGrand Prince of Kiev from 1019 to 1054
- Yaroslav Osmomyslb. 1119UAPrince of Halych
- Yaroslav II of Kievb. 1132UAGrand Prince of Kiev
- Jarosław, Duke of Opole, bishop of Breslaub. 1143PLnot in their usual namePolish bishop
- Yaroslav II of Vladimirb. 1191RUGrand Prince of Vladimir (1191-1246)
- Yaroslav of Tverb. 1230Grand Prince of Vladimir (1230-1272)
- Jaroslav Rudnyckyjb. 1910CAnot in their usual nameUkrainian Canadian linguist and lexicographer
- Yaroslav Stetskob. 1912UAPrime Minister of Ukraine (1912–1986)
- Yaroslav Romanchukb. 1966BYBelarusian economist and politician
- Yaroslav Rakitskiyb. 1989UAUkrainian footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 48 sources across 28 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 22K | #125 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 20K | #127 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.3K | #2,331 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 869 | #1,398 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 58 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 13 | #5,940 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 13 | #5,941 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 4 | #2,334 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 4 | #3,482 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2026 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024) | 2018 | — | #180 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Yaroslav mean, and where does it come from?
- Transliteration of Ukrainian Яросла́в (Jarosláv) or Russian Яросла́в (Jarosláv). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does Yaroslav have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 346 thousand people named Jaroslav, more than in any other country we hold.
- How do you pronounce Yaroslav?
- A machine transcription gives /jɑːɹoʊslɑːv/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
- Is Yaroslav a male or female name?
- Yaroslav is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Yaroslav?
- In the etymology graph, Jaroslav, Jarosław and Jaroslavas are forms of the same name in other languages; Slava is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Yaroslav?
- In Spain, the national register counted 1,344 people named Yaroslav, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Yaroslav compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Yaroslav is the 12th most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Yaroslav?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/yaroslavThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Yaroslav” — the 12th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.